# Incident 20201123015659I: Champion 7ECA, Watkins, CO, November 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2020, 14:10 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Colorado Air And Space Port
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7842° N, 104.5376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLORADO AIR AND SPACE PORT (CFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7842&lon=-104.5376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2505F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2505F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320 series (registry code 42389, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 150 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201123015659I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT CALHAN AIRPORT AND AT CFO AIRPORT.  PRIOR TO THE FINAL LANDING AT CFO, PILOT WAS NOTIFIED FROM TOWER THAT THE WINDS HAD CHANGED AND WERE NOW BLOWING OUT OF THE NORTH GUSTING TO 15.  WITH THIS IN MIND THE PILOT PERFORMED A CROSSWIND LANDING, WHEN THE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE PILOT OVER CORRECTED AND APPLIED TOO MUCH BRAKE, RESULTING IN A NOSE OVER.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE IS LIMITED TO SPINNER, PROP, ENGINE COWL AND WHEEL FAIRINGS.  PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT BRAKES HAD BEEN RECENTLY ADJUSTED AND WERE MORE RESPONSIVE THAN BEFORE.  THE MORE RESPONSIVE BRAKES WERE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WHEN THE PILOT WAS NOT USED TO THEM.  UPON HARD BRAKE APPLICATION AIRCRAFT RESPONDED MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN EXPECTED RESULTING IN NOSE OVER.  COUNSELED PILOT IN IMPORTANCE OF FAMILIARIZATION OF AIRCRAFT RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY ACTIONS AND THE RESULTING OUTCOMES.

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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