# Incident 20200727008789I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Tampa, FL, July 27, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2020, 07:15 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N399AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,219 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200727008789I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS TAXIING EASTWARD WHEN THE GLARE OF THE MORNING SUN CAUSED THE PILOT TO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH VISIBILITY.  HE CONTINUED TAXIING AND STAYED ON THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE AS HE WAS TRAINED TO DO AS A COMMERCIAL PILOT.  AS HE TAXIED HE FELT A BUMP AND THOUGHT HE DISLODGED A DRAINAGE GRATE.  HE TURNED HIS AIRCRAFT AROUND AND SAW A PROTRUDING PART OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT PLACED OFF THE TAXIWAY IN FRONT OF SOME HANGERS BEING REPAIRED.  HE THEN SAW A PIECE OF CARBON FIBER  PROTRUDING UP FROM HIS RIGHT WING THAT HAD MADE CONTACT WIH THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

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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