# Incident 20100226028099I: Champion 7ECA, Louisville, KY, February 26, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2010, 15:15 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9039L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9039L) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,240 total, 15 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100226028099I

## Narrative

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

FAA FORM 8020-9 STATES THAT N9039L LANDED RUNWAY 24 AND STRUCK PROP. WINDS AT THE TIME WERE REPORTED 280 AT 13 WITH GUSTS TO 20.  AIRMAN STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED A WHEEL LANDING AND BEGAN LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  HE STATED THAT WHEN HE SAW THE RUNWAY EDGE APPROACHING, HE HIT THE BRAKES WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N9039L (1)

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

- [Incident 20230521014799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230521014799I), May 21, 2023: Champion 7ECA (N9039L), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. On 05/21/2023 at approximately 1230 EDT the pilot was practicing touch-and-gos (t-&-gs)in citabria [privacy data omitted] at Bowman Field, KY (lou) on runway…

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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