# Incident 20170604008069I: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC, San Bernardino, CA, June 4, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2017, 10:00 local time
- Place: San Bernardino, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1083° N, 117.2898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Bernardino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1083&lon=-117.2898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60SG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60SG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PL, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C4P (registry code 42289, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c4p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-C4P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 700 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170604008069I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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