20200930019769A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Champion 7GCB · Defuniak Spring, FL · September 30, 2020

Date
September 30, 2020 · 11:08 local
Place
Defuniak Spring, FL
Airport
Defuniak Springs
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8950R
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA20LA342
Reported as
Champion 7GCB
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,276 total

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.

Pilot stated on landing rollout the left main wheel assembly folded aft causing the right main to pull the aircraft off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOLDED AFT CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN TO PULL THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.