# Incident 20100222030489I: Mooney M20K, Springfield, MO, February 22, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2010, 18:45 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2153° N, 93.2982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2153&lon=-93.2982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231KQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231KQ) (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: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100222030489I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LANDED AT DUSK ON RUNWAY 32 AT SGF.  THE RUNWAY WAS DRY AND CLEAN BUT THE TAXIWAYS WERE COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE.  HE TAXIED ACROSS SOME RUTS IN THE RE-FROZEN SNOW AND ICE ON THE TAXIWAY AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN OSCILLATING UP AND DOWN, WHICH HE STOPPED WITH BRAKE APPLICATION.  HE FELT NOTHING HIT, BUT HE THINKS HE MAY HAVE STRUCK THE PROPELLER ON THE GROUND AT THAT TIME.  THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LANDING GEAR DOORS WHICH HE THINKS MAY BE THE RESULT OF TAXIING ACROSS THE DEEP RUTS OR OFF THE TAXIWAY, BECAUSE THE EDGES OF THE TAXIWAY WERE SNOW-COVERED.

## Other reports on N231KQ (2)

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

- [Incident 19891015061009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891015061009I), Oct 15, 1989: Mooney M20K (N231KQ), Buena Vista, CO. Pilot requested assistance around weather. Center did not offer any. Diverted and landed without incident.
- [Incident 19840202009979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840202009979I), Feb 2, 1984: Mooney M20K (N231KQ), Troy, MI, Minor damage. Struck a tree top on night approach for a landing. Remained airborne and landed on the runway.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.