# Incident 20220424005789I: Champion 7ECA, Waterville, WA, April 24, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2022, 11:20 local time
- Place: Waterville, WA
- Airport: Waterville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6560° N, 120.0565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERVILLE (2S5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6560&lon=-120.0565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5172T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5172T) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 403 total, 65 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220424005789I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM (KPSC) AND FLEW APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 10 MINUTES TO WATERVILLE WASHINGTON (K2S5).  PILOT PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 25.  ON TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT NOTICED HIS AIRSPEED WAS NOT INCREASING AND DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF.  PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AND AIRCRAFT TIPPED ONTO THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5172T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910312015119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910312015119I), Mar 12, 1991: Bbavia 7ECA (N5172T), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. On rollout a wind gust lifted aircraft onto right wingtip and right horizontal stablizer.

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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