# Incident 20020516021589I: Mooney M20K, Indianapolis, IN, May 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8307° N, 86.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8307&lon=-86.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231VA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231VA) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516021589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRPLANE ARRIVED IN INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA AFTER AN IFR FLIGHT FROM OKLAHOMA. WHILE RECEIVING RADAR VECTORS TO EAGLE CREEK AIRPORT (EYE) THE PILOT TOLD APPROACH HE SAW THE AIRPORT. HE WAS CLEARED FROM APPROACH CONTROL AND TOLD TO CONTACT THE LOCAL FREQUENCY. THE PILOT THEN LANDED AT INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY DRAG STRIP.

## Other reports on N231VA (1)

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

- [Incident 19970813036039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970813036039I), Aug 13, 1997: Mooney M20K (N231VA), Guthrie, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: Mr. Legrant was accompanied by his wife on a pleasure flight in the Guthrie area. He made two NDB approaches and two touch and goes. On the third…

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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