# Incident 20200828012979I: Cessna U206F, Roanoke, VA, August 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2020, 10:48 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N171RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N171RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,525 total, 818 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200828012979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS TAXIING IN AN UNFAMILIAR RAMP AREA OF THE AIRPORT TO CONDUCT AN ENGINE RUN UP. DURING THE TAXI, THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED AND LOOKED AT HIS FLIGHT PLAN ON HIS IPAD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK AN ASPHALT CURB. THE IMPACT OF THE CURB BROKE THE NOSE FORK AND CAUSED A NOSE OVER, RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE, THUS STOPPING THE ENGINE.  THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT RECEIVED A MINOR INJURY (SMALL CUT TO THE FINGER). NO OTHER 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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