# Incident 20191219019999I: Champion 7ECA, Elkhart, IN, December 19, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2019, 11:36 local time
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Airport: Elkhart Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7194° N, 86.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKHART MUNI (EKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-86.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9593S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9593S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 182 total, 11 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191219019999I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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