# Incident 20150603008869I: Champion 7ECA, Marlette, MI, June 3, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2015, 08:30 local time
- Place: Marlette, MI
- Airport: Marlette Township
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3118° N, 83.0909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARLETTE TOWNSHIP (77G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3118&lon=-83.0909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11050, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11050) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-A2B (registry code 42101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 58 total, 58 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/20150603008869I

## Narrative

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

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOT STATED: "AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 LOCAL I DECIDED TO MAKE SOME PRACTICE LANDINGS AT MARLETTE AIRPORT. I CHECKED THE WINDS WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY 120 DEGREES AT 05. I NOTIFIED MY INSTRUCTOR OF MY FLIGHT PLANS. CLEAR SKY AND 10 MILES OF VISIBILITY PREVAILED. AS I FLEW OVER MARLETTE I NOTICED THE WIND WAS SE AS EXPECTED AND ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RWY 09. NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS HEARD OR OBSERVED. I TURNED BASE AND FINAL NOTICING SOME LIGHT CHOP. I CORRECTED FOR A LIGHT CROSS AND SET DOWN NORMALLY AND BEGAN SOME BRAKES. AT THIS POINT ALL WAS GOOD UNTIL IT FELT LIKE A GUST OF WIND SUDDENLY PUSHED THE PLANE LEFT. RECOVERY TO STRAIGHT SEEMED UNFEASABLE SO I DECIDED TO CONTINUE BRAKING TO STOP. HOWEVER WHEN THE WHEELS HIT THE SOFT SOD FROM THE HEAVY RAINS, THE AIRPLANE NOSED UP AND PROCEEDED TO GO OVER ON ITS TOP".

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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