# Incident 19990626041519I: Mooney M20K, Memphis, TN, June 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1999, 23:39 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990626041519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING THE PILOT RECEIVED PROGESSIVE TAXI INSTRUCTION TO HIS CHOICE OF FBO FROM THE FAA TOWER. HE MADE THE RIGHT TURN TO TAXIWAY S AT THE S-3 INTERSECTION AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 40 YARDS NORTHWEST BOUND COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS MERIAN WEST OF TAXIWAY S WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING OVER THE ORANGE PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION FENCE. DAMAGE TO THE AICRAFT CAUSED BY THE STEEL POSTS WHICH HOLD UP THE ORGANE FNECE RESULTED IN TWO DENTS IN THE LEFT LENDING EDGE, SCRAPS AND GOUGES IN THE UDERSIDE OF THE WING SKIN AND TWO GASHED IN THE LEFT AILERON ONE OF WHICH PENETRATED TO UPPER SURFACE OF THE AILERON .  CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INCIDENT WAS THE FACT THAT THE TAXI/LANDING LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE.  DUE TO NON AVAILABILITY OF A TUG FROM THE FBO AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT(ABOUT MIDNIGHT) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON TO THE TAXIWAY WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE ASPHALT EDGE WHEN THE SMALL NOSE WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE OVER 6 INCHES DIFFERNENCE BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND THE GRASS AREA.  PROP SUFFERED 1/4 INCH LOSS ON EACH BLADE.

## Other reports on N231GV (2)

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

- [Incident 20010112004989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010112004989I), Jan 12, 2001: Mooney M20K (N231GV), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he was sort of distracted by the flickering of the high/low voltage light. He was not aware that the landing gear motor circuit breaker…
- [Incident 19801116079909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801116079909I), Nov 16, 1980: Mooney M20K (N231GV), North Canton, OH, Minor damage. During takeoff roll two deer observed crossing in front. Pilot continued. Hit one of them, then stopped.

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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