# Incident 20180426014869I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Bloomington, IL, April 26, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2018, 19:43 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IL
- Airport: Central Il Regl Airport At Bloomi
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621GB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N621GB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 144 total, 137 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180426014869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE:

ON APRIL 27, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:45 LOCAL TIME, A PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 AT CENTRAL ILLINOIS REGIONAL AIRPORT, KBMI.  UPON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, BECAME AIRBORNE VEERING LEFT DRAGGING THE LEFT WINGTIP ON THE RUNWAY AND STRIKING AN ELEVATED RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT WITH POSSIBLY THE BOARDING STEP THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A SECOND TIME AFTER WHICH THE PILOT SITTING IN THE RIGHT SEAR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AS INDICATED BY WHEEL AND TAIL SCAG TRACKS IN THE ADJACENT GRASS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY DEGREES OFFSET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  TAKE OFF POWER WAS ADDED AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE FROM THE GRASS IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, CLIMBED TO 1900 FEET MSL AND CIRCLED FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AT THE SAME AIRPORT.

KBMI GROUND OPERATIONS CONFIRMED RUNWAY LIGHT DAMAGE. A SPI FAA INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH THE PILOT AND CONFIRMED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT TO INCLUDE; A CRACK IN LEFT WINGTIP AREA, LOWER LEFT WING TIP ABRASION, A CRACK IN RUDDER AREA, A BENT PITOT TUBE, AND ENGINE OIL LEAK.  THE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT BMI AIRPORT AT IMAGE AIR FBO.

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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