# Accident 20220720012849A: Champion 7KCAB, Gordon, NE, July 20, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2022, 13:10 local time
- Place: Gordon, NE
- Airport: Gordon Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8040° N, 102.1780° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8040&lon=-102.1780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7119, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7119-2024-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7KCAB (registry code 21101P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 493 total, 336 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA327) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220720012849A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 20, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1310 MDT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CHAMPION 7KCAB SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING-ROLLOUT AT THE GORDON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGRN) IN GORDON, NEBRASKA.

WIND REPORTS GATHERED FROM AWOS DATA INDICATE THAT FOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE AND AFTER THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WIND DIRECTION WAS VARIABLE FROM 220 DEGREES TO 310 DEGREES, WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 15 KNOTS.  THE REPORTS WERE GATHERED AT 5-MINUTE INTERVALS.

SKID MARKS ON THE SURFACE OF RUNWAY 29 ARE PRESENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND THE MARKS TERMINATE AT THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE GRASS/TURF BEGINS.  THE SKID MARKS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 45 DEGREES LEFT OF RUNWAY DIRECTION.  GROUND SIGNATURES INDICATE THAT UPON ENTERING, OR SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING, THE GRASS/TURF ALONG THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED ABOUT IT'S LATERAL AXIS, STRIKING THE PROPELLER IN THE TURF.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROTATE IN THIS SAME DIRECTION AND ENDED THE ROTATION UPSIDE DOWN, APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES FROM THE DIRECTION ROTATION BEGAN.  EACH PROPELLER BLADE TIP WAS BENT IN A BACKWARDS (AFT) DIRECTION.  PORTIONS OF THE LOWER NOSE COWLING, WING STRUCTURE, VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND RUDDER ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  THE MAIN WING SPAR ALSO APPEARED DEFORMED.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL ACCORDING TO NTSB GUIDELINES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN22LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA327), Jul 20, 2022: Champion 7KCAB (N7119), Gordon, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control while landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane with a gusty crosswind.

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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