# Incident 20150121000329I: Champion 7AC, Shelby, NC, January 21, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2015, 14:00 local time
- Place: Shelby, NC
- Airport: Shelby-Cleveland County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2557° N, 81.6008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY-CLEVELAND COUNTY RGNL (EHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2557&lon=-81.6008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4221E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4221E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7AC (registry code 21101MA, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,273 total, 386 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150121000329I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 23, AND TRAVELED UP AN EMBANKMENT. RIGHT GEAR CAUGHT RIDGE OF EMBANKMENT, SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES COMING TO REST FACING THE RUNWAY WITH RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED AND PROPELLER SPLINTERED.

## Other reports on N4221E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20051018025359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051018025359I), Oct 18, 2005: Bbavia 7AC (N4221E), Morganton, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Wx 1822Z mrn 10 240/7 28/4 A2992. Ac departed ukf 1400 LCL and arrived mrn 1415 LCL. Pilot stated on the phone that he was the PIC and that he "bounced"…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.