# Incident 20080428847829I: Mooney M20K, Chicago, IL, April 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2008, 21:10 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5223J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5223J) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360MB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080428847829I

## Narrative

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

N5223J WAS INSTRUCTED BY CHICAGO MIDWAY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 31 LEFT VIA TAXIWAY FOXTROT FOUR. ATC CHANGED THE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO "TAXI TO RUNWAY 4 RIGHT". N5223J WAS FOLLOWING AN AIRCRAFT TO RUNWAY 4 RIGHT. ATC THEN ASKED N5223J IF HE COULD DEPART FROM RUNWAY 4 LEFT INSTEAD OF 4 RIGHT. N5223J CROSSED RUNWAY 4 RIGHT ENROUTE TO RUNWAY 4 LEFT. HOWEVER, N5223J TURNED THE WRONG DIRECTION AND TAXIIED INTO THE ENGINEERED ARRESTING SYSTEM (EMAS) LOCATED AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 22 LEFT. N5223J'S NOSE GEAR BEGAN TO SINK INTO THE EMAS AND THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE EMAS. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N5223J STATED HE QUICKLEY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE PIC STATED HE HAD THE PROPELLER INSPECTED BY AN AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC (A&P) AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5223J (2)

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

- [Incident 20231124018599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231124018599I), Nov 24, 2023: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N5223J), Middletown, OH, Minor damage. Aircraft landed gear up on runway 05 at kmwo airport.
- [Incident 20201226018909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201226018909I), Dec 26, 2020: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N5223J), St. Augustine, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft experienced a bird strike on take off from saint Augustine (sgj). It missed the propeller and landing gear or any other part of the plane that could…

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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