# Incident 20120506007389I: Champion 7ECA, Willow, AK, May 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2012, 13:40 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Willow
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7542° N, 150.0517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW (UUO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7542&lon=-150.0517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3017G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3017G) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 119 total, 119 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120506007389I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC, A STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT THE WILLOW AIRPORT. ON DOWNWIND THE PIC PULLED CARBURATOR HEAT AND REDUCED POWER BEFORE TURNING BASE LEG. ON BASE LEG HE ADDED A LITTLE POWER TO ADJUST HIS GLIDE AND THE ENGINE QUIT. HE PUMPED THE THROTTLE WITH NO LUCK. RATHER THAN TRYING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, WHICH ON FINAL APPROACH HAS TREES AND HOUSES, HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A SLOUGH SO AS TO AVOID THE HOUSES AND TREES. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK CAUSING VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LIFT STRUT AND NO INJURY TO THE PIC.

## Other reports on N3017G (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990913025359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990913025359A), Sep 13, 1999: Bbavia 7ECA (N3017G), Port Heiden, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 13, 1999, about 1230 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped airplane, N3017G, sustained substantial damage while landing on an area of beach…
- [Accident 19730506012199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730506012199A), May 6, 1973: Blanca 7ECA (N3017G), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Hit filings on beach hidden by grnd contour and shack.

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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