# Incident 20110318013489I: Champion 7ECA, Wasilla, AK, March 18, 2011 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 18, 2011, 16:30 local time - Place: Wasilla, AK - Airport: Goose Bay - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 61.3946° N, 149.8423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOOSE BAY (Z40), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3946&lon=-149.8423&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5169X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5169X) (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: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110318013489I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DURING INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, STUDENT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE TO DIP EXCESSIVELY NOSE-DOWN. INSTRUCTOR COULD NOT REACT IN TIME TO PREVENT PROPELLER FROM STRIKING THE SNOW-COVERED RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND PROPELLER DAMAGE DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD OF AN ACCIDENT. ## Other reports on N5169X (11) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20250702014939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250702014939A), Jul 2, 2025: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. The flight instructor was conducting tailwheel instruction on a gravel landing strip. During the landing rollout, the aircraft began to veer off the runway. In… - [Incident 20221107018469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221107018469I), Nov 7, 2022: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. On 7 November 2022 about 1330 local time, the pilot attempted a main wheel landing of the 7ECA at Merrill Field (mri) in Anchorage Alaska on runway 25. During… - [Incident 20220723013279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220723013279I), Jul 23, 2022: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, No damage. Anchorage, AK (mri): [privacy data omitted], CH7A, upon landing runway 25, [privacy data omitted] went into the grass between taxiway hotel and foxtrot, then… - [Incident 20180610007509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180610007509I), Jun 10, 2018: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. During taxi off runway 25, aircraft ground looped and propeller struck surface. - [Incident 20120218002909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120218002909I), Feb 18, 2012: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Part of the tail wheel broke free from the aircraft on landing. Aircraft was conducting "touch and go" instruction. Pilot was radioed after a landing and… - [Incident 20090704047699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090704047699I), Jul 4, 2009: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Talkeetna, AK, Minor damage. The pilot-in-command was making a visual approach to runway 36 at Talkeetna. The final approach to landing was reported as normal and stabilized by the pilot.… - [Incident 20090223046799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090223046799I), Feb 23, 2009: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. While attempting a wheel landing, the pilot got into a bouncing situation and over corrected. The aircraft ultimately ended up on its nose, bending the prop. - [Incident 20081003849079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081003849079I), Oct 3, 2008: Champi 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Upon attempting a wheel landing with a cross wind component on runway 7 at mri, the student relaced the controls causing the aircraft to "baloon". A… - [Incident 20000518020689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000518020689I), May 18, 2000: Bbavia 7ECA (N5169X), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot lost control of tailwheel aircraft during landing in gusting crosswind. Aircraft veered off the runway running over several taxi lights,… - [Accident 19960322007479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960322007479A), Mar 22, 1996: Bbavia 7ECA (N5169X), Birchwood, AK, Substantial damage. Wheel equipped aircraft nosed over on taxi from landing. Tail up fast taxi. Wheel hit soft spot. Plane nosed over. - [Incident 19830626046529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830626046529I), Jun 26, 1983: Bbavia 7ECA (N5169X), Tyonek, AK, Minor damage. Departing a gravel road a gust of wind blew aircraft onto dirt berm. Aircraft nosed up. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. 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