# Incident 19970404009179I: Tmpson NAVIONA, Lakeland, FL, April 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222LW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222LW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION A (registry code 6150162, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVIONA
- Reported engine: CONT E2258
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 580 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970404009179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL OPERATIONS AT SUN 'N FUN FLY-IN, THE AIRPLANE WAS DIRECTED BY A GROUND MARSHAL TO A PARKING AREA. AS THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIING AND TURNING OFF A PAVED SERVICE ROAD ONTO A GRASSY AREA, THE AIRPLANE NOSEWHEEL WENT INTO A SMALL DITCH-LIKE DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND AND THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED A PROPELLER STRIKE AND SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE, AND THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRPLANE NOSE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. EXAMINATION OF THE SITE REVEALED THAT THE DEPRESSION WAS HIDDEN FROM VIEW BY GRASS. SUN 'N FUN PERSONNEL SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED MARKER CONES AROUND THE DEPRESSION, TO PREVENT OTHER AIRCRAFT FROM TAXIING INTO IT.

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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