# Incident 20220831008379I: diamond da-40, smithfield, NC, August 31, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2022, 13:45 local time
- Place: smithfield, NC
- Airport: Johnston County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 8bls
- Location: 35.5409° N, 78.3903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHNSTON RGNL (JNX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5409&lon=-78.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707BL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N707BL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG (registry code 2990014, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4-A (registry code 06402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: diamond da-40
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 160 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220831008379I

## Narrative

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

on 08/31/2022 at approximately 2pm N707BL impacted a lawn mower at JNX.

The flight was operated as a 141 private lesson with instructor and student on board.

The airplane had landed and was traveling north on taxiway A.

Reviewing surveillance video footage it appeared that the mower had been clear of conflict and mowing an area of grass well away from taxiway A initially. Prior to the collision the mower transitioned across a taxiway and began mowing grass immediately adjacent to the taxiway and in the path in front of the airplane. The mower was subsequently struck from behind by the right wingtip.

Damage to the airplane is limited to a damaged wing tip. Damage to the mower appears to be limited to a paint scuff. No physical injuries occurred.

The instructor has been removed from flight status pending the outcome of any investigation.

Lesson: 1-5

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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