# Incident 20230521014799I: Champion 7ECA, Louisville, KY, May 21, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2023, 12:26 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9039L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9039L) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,709 total, 100 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230521014799I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/21/2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 EDT THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GOS (T-&-GS)IN CITABRIA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT BOWMAN FIELD, KY (LOU) ON RUNWAY 33. THE PILOT STATED IN WRITING THAT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 9 T-&-GS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A FINAL FULL-STOP LANDING.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLARE FOR LANDING, THE PILOT STATED HE FELT A WIND SHIFT THAT GAVE HIM A BURST OF TAILWIND, WHICH LIFTED THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PUSHED THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. BEFORE HE COULD APPLY CORRECTION AND RECOVER, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT LEAVING THE RUNWAY SURFACE ONTO THE GRASS AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE PROPELLOR STRUCK THE GROUD SURFACE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE PILOT WAS UNHURT AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, AS VERIFIED BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AFTER HIS PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR THE AIRPORT PROPERTY OR FIXTURES OBSERVED.

## Other reports on N9039L (1)

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

- [Incident 20100226028099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100226028099I), Feb 26, 2010: Champion 7ECA (N9039L), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. FAA form 8020-9 states that N9039L landed runway 24 and struck prop. Winds at the time were reported 280 at 13 with gusts to 20. Airman stated that he…

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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