# Incident 20101206052939I: Champion 7ECA, Franklin, KY, December 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Franklin, KY
- Airport: Welcome Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7112° N, 86.6361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WELCOME FLD (35KY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7112&lon=-86.6361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9098L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9098L) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101206052939I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.