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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Champion 7ECA · Elkhart, IN · December 19, 2019

Date
December 19, 2019 · 11:36 local
Place
Elkhart, IN
Airport
Elkhart Municipal
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9593S
Reported as
Champion 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
182 total11 in this make and model21 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 December 19, 2019, at 11:36AM EST, a Champion 7ECA, registered as N9593S made runway contact with its propeller, spinner and left wing tip while taxiing on runway 18 at Elkhart Municipal Airport (ekm) in Elkhart, Indiana. The incident occurred just after landing roll-out on runway 18. The pilot stated he experienced a gust of wind while taxiing, which lifted the right wing, resulting in the airplane nosing over and coming to rest on the spinner. Local AWOS was reporting wind 220 at 8, gusting to 13. The pilot was the lone occupant. The runway was dry and VMC prevailed.

A ramp inspection of the aircraft revealed propeller tip curling, a scuffed and punctured spinner and minor left wingtip scuffing. The windshield was also cracked across upper left portion, caused by the pilot exiting the airplane.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 19, 2019, AT 11:36AM EST, A CHAMPION 7ECA, REGISTERED AS N9593S MADE RUNWAY CONTACT WITH ITS PROPELLER, SPINNER AND LEFT WING TIP WHILE TAXIING ON RUNWAY 18 AT ELKHART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (EKM) IN ELKHART, INDIANA. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED JUST AFTER LANDING ROLL-OUT ON RUNWAY 18. THE PILOT STATED HE EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND WHILE TAXIING, WHICH LIFTED THE RIGHT WING, RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE NOSING OVER AND COMING TO REST ON THE SPINNER. LOCAL AWOS WAS REPORTING WIND 220 AT 8, GUSTING TO 13. THE PILOT WAS THE LONE OCCUPANT. THE RUNWAY WAS DRY AND VMC PREVAILED.

A RAMP INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED PROPELLER TIP CURLING, A SCUFFED AND PUNCTURED SPINNER AND MINOR LEFT WINGTIP SCUFFING. THE WINDSHIELD WAS ALSO CRACKED ACROSS UPPER LEFT PORTION, CAUSED BY THE PILOT EXITING THE AIRPLANE.