# Incident 20121104025519I: Champion 7EC, Wappingers Fall, NY, November 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2012, 11:55 local time
- Place: Wappingers Fall, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7405B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7405B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7EC (registry code 21101NM, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7EC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 50 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121104025519I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A WHEEL LANDING TO A FULL STOP ON RUNWAY 24 WITH A SLIGHT CROSSWIND.  THE PILOT STATED HE MIGHT HAVE SET THE TAIL DOWN TOO QUICKLY AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT.  THE PILOT APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER BUT THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE NORTH.  THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND CLIPPED A TAXIWAY LIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED NO DAMAGE

## Other reports on N7405B (1)

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

- [Incident 20100328030949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100328030949I), Mar 28, 2010: Champion 7EC (N7405B), Montgomery, NY, Minor damage. Subject airman stated that during the departure roll on runway 21 at the orange county airport a gust of wind caught the aircraft, turning it to the left. He…

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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