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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · American Champion 7GCBC · San Bernardino, CA · June 4, 2017

Date
June 4, 2017 · 10:00 local
Place
San Bernardino, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N60SG
Reported as
American Champion 7GCBC
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-C4P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total700 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airman just bought this aircraft (new to him) and flew from big bear (L35) to san BERNARDIN0 (ksbd) to practice takeoffs and landings and a gust of wind or downdraft caused a very sharp right bank and nosedown attitude. The aircraft propeller impacted the runway two times and lost 4 inches of one blade tip. The pilot landed and taxied to parking.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN JUST BOUGHT THIS AIRCRAFT (NEW TO HIM) AND FLEW FROM BIG BEAR (L35) TO SAN BERNARDIN0 (KSBD) TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AND A GUST OF WIND OR DOWNDRAFT CAUSED A VERY SHARP RIGHT BANK AND NOSEDOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY TWO TIMES AND LOST 4 INCHES OF ONE BLADE TIP. THE PILOT LANDED AND TAXIED TO PARKING.