# Incident 20170626012189I: Mooney M20E, Ocala, FL, June 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2017, 11:00 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Leeward Air Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0926° N, 82.0320° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEEWARD AIR RANCH (FD04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0926&lon=-82.0320&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170626012189I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/26/2017 PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 18 AT THE LEEWARD AIR RANCH AIRPORT (FD04) OCALA/BELLVIEW FL. THE PILOT TURNED RIGHT ONTO A PAVED TAXIWAY/STREET, HEADED WEST THEN TURNED RIGHT AGAIN ONTO A NORTH BOUND TAXIWAY. THE PILOT CLAIMS THAT HE ENCOUNTERED AN AUTOMOBILE TYPE SPEED BUMP AT A HILLTOP AND WHILE TAXIING SLOWLY, TRYING TO PREVENT A PROPELLER STRIKE, GOT SOMEWHAT DISTRACTED.  WHILE GETTING THE NOSE GEAR ONTO THE SPEED BUMP AND HIS RIGHT WING IMPACTED A STREET SIGN. THE IMPACT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE. A WITNESS TO THE INCIDENT UP RIGHTED THE SIGN AND HELPED THE PILOT PUSH THE AIRCRAFT BACK FAR ENOUGH TO GO AROUND THE SIGN WHERE THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAKE ANOTHER TAXIWAY TO HIS DESTINATION. THE PILOT CLAIMS THAT HE HAS LANDED AT THIS AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES AND THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST SIGN THAT HE HAS SEEN THAT WAS MORE THAN 10 INCHES HIGH.

## Other reports on N222SP (1)

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

- [Incident 20130413005449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130413005449I), Apr 13, 2013: Mooney M20E (N222SP), Floral City, FL, Minor damage. On April 13, 2013, at about 11:17 eastern standard time, a Mooney M20E, N222SP, s/n 701, lost power and landed on Florida avenue in Floral City, FL.

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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