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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Champion 7ECA · Concrete, WA · June 11, 2011

Date
June 11, 2011 · 18:00 local
Place
Concrete, WA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1809G
Reported as
Champion 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
102 total17 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On June 11, 2011 about 1800 local time, a American Champion citabria, N1809G arrived at Concrete municipal airport (3W5) for instructional touch and go landings during an instructional ride. Mr privacy data omitted was the pilot in the front seat and receiving instruction from privacy data omitted CFI, in the rear seat. Mr privacy data omitted approached the airport for the second time, and preparing for a wheels landing. The approach was stable and the touchdown beyond the numbers. There was an initial bounce and pilot recovered and began rollout with tail-up. Around mid-field the aircraft began to swerve and the wing tips began to move up and down. The aircraft swerved sharply to the left and departed the runway on the south side. The aircraft came to a halt, tipped forward and the prop struck the ground stopping the engine. Damaged the prop tips, possible internal engine damage from prop stike and prop spinner dented.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 11, 2011 ABOUT 1800 LOCAL TIME, A AMERICAN CHAMPION CITABRIA, N1809G ARRIVED AT CONCRETE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (3W5) FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL RIDE. MR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN THE FRONT SEAT AND RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CFI, IN THE REAR SEAT. MR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPROACHED THE AIRPORT FOR THE SECOND TIME, AND PREPARING FOR A WHEELS LANDING. THE APPROACH WAS STABLE AND THE TOUCHDOWN BEYOND THE NUMBERS. THERE WAS AN INITIAL BOUNCE AND PILOT RECOVERED AND BEGAN ROLLOUT WITH TAIL-UP. AROUND MID-FIELD THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SWERVE AND THE WING TIPS BEGAN TO MOVE UP AND DOWN.THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT, TIPPED FORWARD AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND STOPPING THE ENGINE.DAMAGED THE PROP TIPS, POSSIBLE INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE FROM PROP STIKE AND PROP SPINNER DENTED.