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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · American Champion 8KCAB · Ormond Beach, FL · August 19, 2019

Date
August 19, 2019 · 16:00 local
Place
Ormond Beach, FL
Airport
Ormond Beach Municipal
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N178DK
Reported as
American Champion 8KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
331 total96 in this make and model41 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.

On August 19, 2019 at approximately 16:00 local time while on taxi way echo to the active runway 17 at komn, the PIC momentarily lost situational awareness and inadvertently applied heavy braking in order to protect the landing environment. Aircraft nosed over damaging the propeller, cowl, airbox, exhaust and lower firewall flange.

Wx: omn 191950 13008KT 10SM SCT35 32/23 A3007

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 19, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00 LOCAL TIME WHILE ON TAXI WAY ECHO TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY 17 AT KOMN, THE PIC MOMENTARILY LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND INADVERTENTLY APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE LANDING ENVIRONMENT. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER DAMAGING THE PROPELLER, COWL, AIRBOX, EXHAUST AND LOWER FIREWALL FLANGE.

WX: OMN 191950 13008KT 10SM SCT35 32/23 A3007