# Incident 20221016016649I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Zionsville, IN, October 16, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2022, 21:30 local time
- Place: Zionsville, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0286° N, 86.2514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS EXEC (TYQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0286&lon=-86.2514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N471TT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N471TT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 545 total, 217 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221016016649I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED FROM Y31 AFTER FUELING AND WAS ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN. PILOT WAS AWARE OF THE NOTAMS THAT RUNWAY LIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE. HE OPTED TO LAND AND WAS CLEARED FOR THE RNAV 18 APPROACH. PILOT COULD SEE THE BLUE TAXI LIGHTS, SO HE KEPT HIS COURSE TO THE LEFT OF THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS. HE TURNED ON THE AIRCRFAT'S LANDING LIGHT AND LOOKED FOR THE RUNWAY; IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THE RUNWAY EDGES. HE TRIED TO ALIGN HIMSELF WITH THE RUNWAY BUT TOUCHED DOWN DIAGONALLY, AND SHORTLY AFTER, WAS ON THE GRASS FIELD. HE DID NOT STEER DUE TO BEING ON GRASS. HE SLOWED DOWN THE AIRPLANE BUT RAN OUT OF THE FIELD AND STOPPED IN A DITCH. THERE WERE NO PHYSICAL INJURIES AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY.

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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