# Incident 20110831023369I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Greenwood, IN, August 31, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Greenwood, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6034° N, 86.1052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenwood, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6034&lon=-86.1052&mi=10
- Aircraft: N468PR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N468PR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110831023369I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 31, 2011, A STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN A CIRRUS, SR-20 AIRCRAFT AT THE GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LOCATED IN GREENWOOD, INDIANA.THIS PILOT HAD RECEIVED DUAL INSTRUCTION JUST PRIOR TO HIS SOLO AND ALL ENDORSEMENTS WERE PROPERLY COMPLETED.THE STUDENT PILOT COMPLETED THREE TAKE OFF'S AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 19.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE EAST RAMP WITH NO REPORTED PROBLEMS. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A "PROP STRIKE" AS ALL THREE BLADES HAD BEEN CURLED. THERE WERE NO OTHER FLIGHTS MADE SINCE THE STUDENT HAD PARKED THE PLANE.THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MADE CONTACT WITH THE STUDENT AND LEARNED THAT ON HIS SECOND LANDING, HE DID 'BOUNCE IT" AFTER A HARDER THEN NORMAL TOUCHDOWN. HE NOW BELIEVES THAT THIS IS WHEN THE DAMAGE OCCURED.THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS A NON-REPORTABLE INCIDENT. THUS THEY DID NOT CONTACT THE FAA OR NTSB.ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2011, INSPECTOR BRAD BEHNKE BECAME AWARE OF THE PROP STRIKE AND CONTACTED HIS SUPERVISOR.SEPTEMBER 23, AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR DAN FOWLER MADE THE SCENE AND ALSO DETERMINED THAT IT WAS AN INCIDENT. INSPECTORS KEEN AND BLOCH INTERVIEW THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO DID NOT STATE THAT THIS WAS FLOWN BY A STUDENT PILOT.FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON OCTOBER 6, 2011 REVEALED THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AND BY ORDER 8900.1, VOLUME 6, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 5 THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SHALL BE OBSERVED CONDUCTING TRAINING.OCTOBER 7, 2011 A MEETING WAS HELD AT THE GREENWOOD AIRPORT WITH INSPECTOR KEEN, BLOCK, THE CFI AND THE STUDENT PILOT.STUDENT PILOT ADMITS THAT HE WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE DID HAVE A "PROP STRIKE" ON AUGUST 31, 2011.

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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