# Incident 20101108052032I: Champion AERONCA 7FC, Howell, MI, November 8, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2010, 10:40 local time
- Place: Howell, MI
- Airport: ^Howell Livingston^
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6081° N, 83.9343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Howell, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6081&lon=-83.9343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4872E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4872E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion AERONCA 7FC (registry code 2110162, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-aeronca-7fc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION AERONCA 7FC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101108052032I

## Narrative

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

AT HOWELL AIRPORT (OZW) ON 11/09/2010 AT 10:40 LOCAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED N4872E (AMERICAN CHAMPION 7FC) INTO A PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED CIRRUS SR22.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE CIRRUS WITH ITS PROPELLER AT THE RIGHT WING TIP.  AFTER STRIKING THE WING TIP, IT CONTINUED TO COLLIDE (WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING) INTO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND EMPENNAGE AREA.  THE AIRPORT MANAGER WAS IN HIS OFFICE AND HEARD THE COLLISION. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON AT THE SCENE. HE FOUND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO BE UNCONSCIOUS. HE CALLED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.  THE OWNER OF N4872E ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD INTENDED TO FLY THAT AIRCRAFT TOGETHER AFTER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT.  HE STATED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (THE SOLE OCCUPANT) BEGAN HIS TAXI FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRSERVICE HANGER. HE THEN PROCEEDED ON THE TAXIWAY AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT HANGER ONTO THE FUEL RAMP.  A WITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE SAW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SLUMP OVER THE CONTROLS AND PASS OUT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED PAST THE FUELING AREA AND CONTINUED ABOUT 150 YARDS ACROSS THE EMPTY RAMP UNTIL IT STRUCK THE PARKED CIRRUS.IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE TAXIING.  THE FOLLOWING OBITURARY WAS IN THE LIVINGSTON DAILY NEWS.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AGE 75, OF HOWELL, DIED SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010. VISITATION MON-DAY 2-4, 6-8 P.M.; SERVICES TUESDAY 11 A.M. AT MACDONALD'S FUNERAL HOME, HOWELL0N 11/22/2010, THE ST. JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FROM THE FAA TO PROVIDE MEDICAL RECORDS WITH THE FINAL CAUSE OF DEATH.  THE "ACTIVE DIAGOSIS" WAS STATED TO BE CARDIAC ARREST-VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N136CK, Cirrus CIRRUS-SR22: no report for this aircraft in the release

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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