# Incident 19940505014819I: Beech D55, Bloomfield, IA, May 5, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1994, 10:45 local time
- Place: Bloomfield, IA
- Airport: Bloomfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7321° N, 92.4283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLOOMFIELD MUNI (4K6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7321&lon=-92.4283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7153N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7153N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940505014819I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING ON GRASS TO PARKING PLACE THE NOSE WHEEL SANK IN MUD. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N7153N (1)

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

- [Incident 19790330013029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790330013029I), Mar 30, 1979: Beech D55 (N7153N), Des Moines, IA. Assymetrical flap condition on approach, due to left flap drive cable core had pulled out of swaged end fitting.

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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