# Incident 20180713011049I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Mansfield, OH, July 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2018, 19:30 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7663° N, 82.5317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mansfield, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7663&lon=-82.5317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828LE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N828LE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (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 SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 1,070 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180713011049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW FROM MANSFIELD LAHM AIRPORT (KMFD) TO BOLTON FIELD (KTZR). AFTER LANDING AND PARKING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT ATTACHED THE TOWBAR TO THE NOSE WHEEL. THE PILOT THEN REALIZED HE LEFT A SET OF CAR KEYS BACK IN MANSFIELD AND ELECTED TO FLY BACK TO RETRIEVE THEM. THE PILOT DEPARTED AND REALIZED ENROUTE THAT THE TOW BAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE NOSE WHEEL. PRIOR TO LANDING THE PILOT REQUESTED A FLY BY OF THE TOWER AT MANSFIELD TO VERIFY IF THE TOW BAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE NOSE WHEEL. TOWER OBSERVED THE TOW BAR ATTACHED TO THE NOSE WHEEL. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO LAND ON THE LONGEST RUNWAY AVAILABLE WHICH WAS RUNWAY 14 AT MANSFIELD. THE TOWER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON BEHALF OF THE PILOT. DURING LANDING THE TOW BAR FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE FRONT TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO BE PINCHED. THIS RESULTED IN THE NOSE TIRE HAVING A FLAT SPOT WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN IT GOING FLAT AFTER IT WAS FREED UP AND A TAXI TO THE RAMP WAS ATTEMPTED. MINOR DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE AND FAIRING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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