Incident American Champion 7ECA Aurora N838AC, Wednesday 15 February 2012
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Date:Wednesday 15 February 2012
Time:19:29 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic CH7A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
American Champion 7ECA Aurora
Owner/operator:Attitude Aviation Inc.
Registration: N838AC
MSN: 1383-2001
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Livermore Airport, CA (LVK/KLVK) -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:KLVK
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Upon landing at Livermore Municipal Airport - KLVK, Livermore, California, an American Champion 7ECA Aurora, N838AC, scraped the wingtip then hit a light while departing the runway into the grass. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the sole pilot on board the aircraft was not injured.
Livermore's (KLVK) runways are 7R/25L and 7L/25R. The peak winds on the 15th were:
15 Feb 11:53 am PST N 21G32

Sources:

https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/03_383AC.txt

http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/000/269/269402.jpg (photo)

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Feb-2012 16:36 Geno Added
16-Feb-2012 17:38 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]

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