# Incident 20000518020689I: Bbavia 7ECA, Anchorage, AK, May 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2000, 15:37 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5169X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5169X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000518020689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING IN GUSTING CROSSWIND. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY RUNNING OVER SEVERAL TAXI LIGHTS, COMING TO REST ON ITS NOSE. THE PROP/SPINNER WERE DAMAGED AND THE NOSE COWLING DENTED.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N5169X (11)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20250702014939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250702014939A), Jul 2, 2025: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. The flight instructor was conducting tailwheel instruction on a gravel landing strip. During the landing rollout, the aircraft began to veer off the runway. In…
- [Incident 20221107018469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221107018469I), Nov 7, 2022: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. On 7 November 2022 about 1330 local time, the pilot attempted a main wheel landing of the 7ECA at Merrill Field (mri) in Anchorage Alaska on runway 25. During…
- [Incident 20220723013279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220723013279I), Jul 23, 2022: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, No damage. Anchorage, AK (mri): [privacy data omitted], CH7A, upon landing runway 25, [privacy data omitted] went into the grass between taxiway hotel and foxtrot, then…
- [Incident 20180610007509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180610007509I), Jun 10, 2018: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. During taxi off runway 25, aircraft ground looped and propeller struck surface.
- [Incident 20120218002909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120218002909I), Feb 18, 2012: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Part of the tail wheel broke free from the aircraft on landing. Aircraft was conducting "touch and go" instruction. Pilot was radioed after a landing and…
- [Incident 20110318013489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110318013489I), Mar 18, 2011: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Wasilla, AK, Minor damage. During instructional flight, while practicing touch and go landings, student allowed aircraft attitude to dip excessively nose-down. Instructor could not react…
- [Incident 20090704047699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090704047699I), Jul 4, 2009: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Talkeetna, AK, Minor damage. The pilot-in-command was making a visual approach to runway 36 at Talkeetna. The final approach to landing was reported as normal and stabilized by the pilot.…
- [Incident 20090223046799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090223046799I), Feb 23, 2009: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. While attempting a wheel landing, the pilot got into a bouncing situation and over corrected. The aircraft ultimately ended up on its nose, bending the prop.
- [Incident 20081003849079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081003849079I), Oct 3, 2008: Champi 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Upon attempting a wheel landing with a cross wind component on runway 7 at mri, the student relaced the controls causing the aircraft to "baloon". A…
- [Accident 19960322007479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960322007479A), Mar 22, 1996: Bbavia 7ECA (N5169X), Birchwood, AK, Substantial damage. Wheel equipped aircraft nosed over on taxi from landing. Tail up fast taxi. Wheel hit soft spot. Plane nosed over.
- [Incident 19830626046529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830626046529I), Jun 26, 1983: Bbavia 7ECA (N5169X), Tyonek, AK, Minor damage. Departing a gravel road a gust of wind blew aircraft onto dirt berm. Aircraft nosed up.

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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