# Incident 20190210010119I: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB, Leesburg, VA, February 10, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Airport: Leesburg Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0780° N, 77.5575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG EXEC (JYO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0780&lon=-77.5575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N878AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N878AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8KCAB (registry code 2121000, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360- H1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190210010119I

## Narrative

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

ON 02/10/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200HRS N878AC, A 2001 AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT, MODEL 8KCAB, LANDED AT KJYO. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE LANDING WAS A THREE POINT LANDING AND DURING ROLL-OUT FROM THE  LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT AS SPEED DECREASED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FED IN RIGHT AILERON AND RIGHT BRAKE AND CAME TO A STOP A FEW FEET FROM THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT ¾ OF THE WAY FROM THE APPROACH END, TO THE FIRST TURN-OFF.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN TOLD THE TOWER HE SUSPECTED HE HAD A FLAT LEFT MAIN TIRE AND THAT HE WOULD TRY TO GET OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THERE WERE A FEW AIRCRAFT AWAITING THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OFF AND HE THOUGHT IF HE COULD GET INTO THE GRASS THE RUNWAY MIGHT BE OPENED BACK UP TO TRAFFIC. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE TIRE MIGHT STILL HAVE HAD A LITTLE AIR LEFT IN IT.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHEN HE MOVED INTO THE GRASS HE STARTED TO NOSE OVER, STICK WAS BACK FULL.  AS THE NOSE OVER WAS HAPPENING HE CUT THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE BUT THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED FROM GROUND CONTACT WITH THE DIRT WHILE THE ENGINE WAS SHUTTING DOWN. AFTER THE INCIDENT, PRO JET LINEMEN REMOVED THE LEFT WHEEL PANT AND BROUGHT OUT A DOLLY. N878AC WAS REPOSITIONED BACK INTO ITS HANGAR.

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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