# Incident 20211111022829I: American Champion Aircraft 7ECA, Longview, TX, November 11, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2021, 18:55 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Airport: East Texas Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.3840° N, 94.7115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST TEXAS RGNL (GGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3840&lon=-94.7115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N793L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N793L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7ECA (registry code 2120003, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-235-K2C (registry code 42036, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-k2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-235-K2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 984 total, 766 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211111022829I

## Narrative

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

INTERVIEWED THE CFI AND WAS TOLD BY HIM THAT THE STUDENT PILOT AND CFI WERE DOING TOUCH AND GOES AT THE TIME OF THE PROPELLER STRIKE. HE STATED HE INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT PILOT TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE STUDENT DID NOT RESPOND TO HIM.  THE CFI STATED HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEN THE STUDENT DID ALSO CAUSING THE PLANE TO PITCH DOWNWARD AND THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  DUE TO THE CFI TAKING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT THEN LOST CONTROL THE CFI WILL RECEIVE COUNSELING BY A POI.

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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