# Incident 20201201022339I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Smyrna, TN, December 1, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2020, 18:55 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N572CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N572CT) (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: 7,883 total, 1,479 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201201022339I

## Narrative

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

SMYRNA, TN AIRPORT ON DECEMBER 1, 2020 AT APPROX. 1855 CST ON TAXIWAY "A" ENROOT  TO AZURE FBO, N572CT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TAXIED OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE GRASS CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT, NOSE WHEEL FAIRING AND THE TAIL FAIRING. NO PROP STRIKE OR OTHER DAMAGES WERE FOUND.  PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD RETURNED FOR A SAFE LANDING AFTER SUSPECTING A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE ON TAKE-OFF. AFTER LANDING HE PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO THE FBO ON TAXIWAY "A" HOWEVER, AT THE END OF TAXIWAY "A". INSTEAD OF TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT, HE WENT STRAIGHT AHEAD AND ENTERED THE GRASS. THE PILOT STATES: 1) THAT HE WAS SHAKEN UP BY THE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND HIS VISIBILITY WAS POSSIBLY COMPROMISED BY THE FIRE TRUCKS LIGHTS FOLLOWING HIM TO THE RAMP. 2) HE FELT RUSHED AND ANXIOUS WITH THE FIRETRUCK BEHIND HIM. NO VIOLATIONS NOTED AND NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.

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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