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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7ECA · Celina, OH · February 26, 1995

Date: February 26, 1995 · 12:00 local
Place: Celina, OH
Airport: Lakefield Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2538G
Reported as: Bbavia 7ECA
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 204 total43 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N2538GRegistered now · Champion 7ECAS/N 411 · Built 1967 Airframe modelChampion 7ECA Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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.

Narrative: the pilot stated that while he was on approach to runway 08 he noticed that the winds were variable out of the north and east. As he touched down on the runway, his foot slipped off the rudder. When he put it back on the rudder, he also hit the brakes causing the airplane to veer off the runway to the left. It went through a swale, and on the other side of the swale, it tipped over on the nose, then settled back on all three wheels. The pilot was uninjured and the airplane sustained minor damage to the propeller and front cowling.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 08 HE NOTICED THAT THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE OUT OF THE NORTH AND EAST. AS HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RUDDER. WHEN HE PUT IT BACK ON THE RUDDER, HE ALSO HIT THE BRAKES CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. IT WENT THROUGH A SWALE, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SWALE, IT TIPPED OVER ON THE NOSE, THEN SETTLED BACK ON ALL THREE WHEELS. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND FRONT COWLING.