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FAA incident report · Champion 7ECA · Franklin, KY · December 6, 2010

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Date
December 6, 2010 · 15:00 local
Place
Franklin, KY
Airport
Welcome Field
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9098L
Reported as
Champion 7ECA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
20,400 total400 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N9098LRegistered now · Champion 7ECAS/N 794-71Airframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Monday December 06, 2010, at approximately 15:00 pm central time, a champ 7ECA, operated by a certified airline transport pilot, (ATP), was damaged after a loss of directional control while attempting a high speed taxi at Welcome Field (35KY). According to a record of phone conversation between privacy data omitted, an aviation safety inspector (ASI) with the louisville FSDO, and the pilot, terry allen richardson, ATP certificate privacy data omitted, he was not injured. Mr. Richardson stated that he had added fluid to the aircraft brake system and was taxiing the aircraft to test the brakes. Mr. Richardson stated that he was perfroming a "wheel taxi," which he explained meant that he was taxiing with only the main gear on the ground and the tail of the aircraft raised in the air. Mr. Richardson stated that he was taxiing at approximately 25 knots when, he believed, the left brake locked and caused the aircraft to turn sharply to the left and exit the runway. The aircraft traveled approximately 100 to 150 feet into a field next to the runway where it "ground looped" and came to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

ON MONDAY DECEMBER 06, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 PM CENTRAL TIME, A CHAMP 7ECA, OPERATED BY A CERTIFIED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, (ATP), WAS DAMAGED AFTER A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING A HIGH SPEED TAXI AT WELCOME FIELD (35KY). ACCORDING TO A RECORD OF PHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR (ASI) WITH THE LOUISVILLE FSDO, AND THE PILOT, TERRY ALLEN RICHARDSON, ATP CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE WAS NOT INJURED. MR. RICHARDSON STATED THAT HE HAD ADDED FLUID TO THE AIRCRAFT BRAKE SYSTEM AND WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT TO TEST THE BRAKES. MR. RICHARDSON STATED THAT HE WAS PERFROMING A "WHEEL TAXI," WHICH HE EXPLAINED MEANT THAT HE WAS TAXIING WITH ONLY THE MAIN GEAR ON THE GROUND AND THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT RAISED IN THE AIR. MR. RICHARDSON STATED THAT HE WAS TAXIING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 KNOTS WHEN, HE BELIEVED, THE LEFT BRAKE LOCKED AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND EXIT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 150 FEET INTO A FIELD NEXT TO THE RUNWAY WHERE IT "GROUND LOOPED" AND CAME TO A STOP.