# Accident 20191013021989A: Champion 7ECA, San Manuel, AZ, October 13, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: San Manuel, AZ
- Airport: San Manuel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6364° N, 110.6473° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MANUEL (E77), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6364&lon=-110.6473&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2538F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2538F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 15 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191013021989A

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS, BUILDING TIME AND EXPERIENCE, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST ON LANDING RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP. NO INJURIES, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

THE STEEL TUBULAR FRAME FUSELAGE HAS BEEN BROKEN AND BENT. THE COCKPIT DOOR DOES NOT ALIGN RENDERING IT INOPERATIVE. THE LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINTS FOR THE RMLG ARE ALL SEVERELY DAMAGED AS ARE THE GEAR COMPONENTS THEMSELVES.

WX DATA FROM KTUS (APPROX. 35 MI SW FROM E77) WAS WINDS FROM 190 AT 10 GUSTS TO 15 KTS.

PILOT STATED THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 4 KTS, GUSTS PRESENT BUT NOT REPORTED ON E77 AWOS. PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AT E77.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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