20080103000269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7ECA · Louisville, KY · January 3, 2008

Date
January 3, 2008 · 22:02 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Bowman Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1697G
Reported as
Bbavia 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,082 total124 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) N1697G was cleared to taxi to and hold short of runway 14 at Louisville Bowman airport (lou). While the pilot was waving to friends in another aircraft, he taxied past the hold short line of runway 14. When the tower told N1697G to stop, the pilot states that he "got on the brakes too hard and the plane nosed over creating a prop strike."

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N1697G WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO AND HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 14 AT LOUISVILLE BOWMAN AIRPORT (LOU). WHILE THE PILOT WAS WAVING TO FRIENDS IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, HE TAXIED PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE OF RUNWAY 14. WHEN THE TOWER TOLD N1697G TO STOP, THE PILOT STATES THAT HE "GOT ON THE BRAKES TOO HARD AND THE PLANE NOSED OVER CREATING A PROP STRIKE."