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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Champion 7ECA · Anchorage, AK · October 19, 2012

Date
October 19, 2012 · 17:26 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood Strip
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9541S
Reported as
Champion 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
125 total125 in this make and model15 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.

Airman stated that he was attempting to exit mid-field due to an aircraft waiting to depart 13. In anticipation of exiting left at H2 he began favoring the left side of the runway, upon reaching H2 he realized his speed was too great to make the turn off the runway. Airman elected to discontinue with attempt at exiting at H2, applied right rudder in an effort to move back towards runway center-line. Due to a lack of rudder authority at that speed (airflow over rudder) the input was ineffective. The aircraft was at the edge of the runway when the airman started applying more right brake pressure to further attempt a correction towards the center-line. This increased brake pressure resulted in the nose over incident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT MID-FIELD DUE TO AN AIRCRAFT WAITING TO DEPART 13. IN ANTICIPATION OF EXITING LEFT AT H2 HE BEGAN FAVORING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, UPON REACHING H2 HE REALIZED HIS SPEED WAS TOO GREAT TO MAKE THE TURN OFF THE RUNWAY. AIRMAN ELECTED TO DISCONTINUE WITH ATTEMPT AT EXITING AT H2, APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER IN AN EFFORT TO MOVE BACK TOWARDS RUNWAY CENTER-LINE. DUE TO A LACK OF RUDDER AUTHORITY AT THAT SPEED (AIRFLOW OVER RUDDER) THE INPUT WAS INEFFECTIVE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY WHEN THE AIRMAN STARTED APPLYING MORE RIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE TO FURTHER ATTEMPT A CORRECTION TOWARDS THE CENTER-LINE. THIS INCREASED BRAKE PRESSURE RESULTED IN THE NOSE OVER INCIDENT.

Other reports on N9541S · 2

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