# Incident 20091212052849I: Champion 7ECA, Eden Prarie, MN, December 12, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2009, 18:20 local time
- Place: Eden Prarie, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8547° N, 93.4708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eden Prairie, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8547&lon=-93.4708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1634G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1634G) (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: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 3,166 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/20091212052849I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO TAXI EAST ON ALPHA AND HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 18. BECAUSE OF THE TAXI SPEED APPROACHING 18, THE CONTROLLER REMINDED MR. ENGSTROM TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 18. THE PILOT APPLIED ENOUGH BRAKE PRESSURE TO STOP THE WHEELS SHORT OF THE HOLD SHORT LINES HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED ONTO ITS NOSE, STRUCK THE PROP, AND CAME TO REST PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RUNWAY 18.  THE VISIBILITY WAS > 8SM, AND NO PART OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACTUALLY TOUCHING THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N1634G (1)

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

- [Accident 19860924046219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860924046219A), Sep 24, 1986: Bbavia 7ECA (N1634G), Hurricane, UT, Substantial damage. Lost control and ground looped on landing. Left the runway and nosed over unskilled in tail wheel aircraft.

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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