# Incident 20141130022109I: Lechleiter James R RV-7, Greenville, SC, November 30, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2014, 13:15 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Greeville Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8369° N, 82.3630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8369&lon=-82.3630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702PL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N702PL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lechleiter James R RV-7 (registry code 05631UJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/lechleiter-james-r-rv-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LECHLEITER JAMES R RV-7
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR IO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,038 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141130022109I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON NOVEMBER 30, 2014 THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM MKS AIRPORT HEADED TO GMU OR GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT IN AN EXPERIMENTAL RV-7 HE HAD BUILT AROUND JULY 2012. THE PILOT HAD CHECKED WEATHER ON A COMMERCIAL WEATHER SERVICE CALLED WEATHERMEISTER BEFORE THE FLIGHT AND WAS REPORTED VFR WITH GUSTY WINDS. AS THE PILOT APPROACHED THE AIRPORT THE TOWER INFORMED HIM THE WINDS WERE AT 230 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS AND WAS TOLD THE CURRENT RUNWAY IN USE WAS RUNWAY 19.   THE PILOT ACCEPTED THIS AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH A CROSS WIND.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 HRS THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE NUMBERS AND ROLLED ABOUT 400 FEET.  AT AROUND 400 FEET THE AIRPLANE?S RIGHT WING WAS LIFTED UP ABOUT 30 DEGREES AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE LEFT WING HIT A TAXIWAY/RUNWAY SIGN.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF INTO THE GRASS UNTIL IT NOSED INTO THE DIRT STOPPING THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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