# Incident 20101121052169I: Mooney M20R, Zionsville, IN, November 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2010, 16:30 local time
- Place: Zionsville, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0286° N, 86.2514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS EXEC (TYQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0286&lon=-86.2514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-G (registry code 17213, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101121052169I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING HE ENTERED, WHAT HE BELIEVED, WAS A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TAXIWAY. AS HE TAXIED FURTHER ALONG HE SOON SAW THAT THE TAXIWAY ENDED AND THERE WAS ONLY DIRT AND ROCKS. HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES BUT THE NOSE WHEEL DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY SURFACE. AS A RESULT OF THE SOFT DIRT BEING SATURATED FROM A PREVIOUS RAIN, THE NOSE WHEEL SANK INTO THE MUD AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND, INCLUDING THE MUD AND ROCKS. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE NICKED UP AND BENT. HE HAD THE AIRCRAFT TOWED BACK TO THE HANGAR. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED BY THE ASSOCIATED 145 REPAIR STATION.

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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