# Incident 20240303002249I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Indianapolis, IN, March 3, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2024, 13:10 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8307° N, 86.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8307&lon=-86.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N512CP) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 12 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240303002249I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 3, 2024, AT 1306 LOCAL TIME, A PRIVATELY REGISTERED CIRRUS SR-22, WAS LANDING RUNWAY 21 AT EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (KEYE). DURING THE LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FELT A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THEN PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND APPLIED POWER. THE NOSEOF OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME UP. THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO LET THE NOSE SETTLE DOWN AGAIN WHEN HE FELT THE VIBRATION AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND THE NOSE BOUNCED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES BEFORE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL FAILED. THE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY BUCKLED UNDER THE NOSE STRUT. THE  PROPELLERS IMPACTED THE RUNWAY DAMAGING ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE.  THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD, NO INJURIES WERE 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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