# Incident 20000128003869I: Beech E90, Phoenix, AZ, January 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2000, 21:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CIEA
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N987GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N987GM-2015-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 750 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000128003869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 26R AT THE PHX AIRPORT. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO EXIT LEFT ONTO TAXIWAY B8, WHICH WAS A REVERS HIGH SPEED EXIT, MEANING THAT IT WAS 45 FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THIS TYPE OF ACTION, THERE IS NO TAIWAY TURN LINES LEADING OFF OF THE RUNWAY.  AS THE PILOT TURNED BACK, ONTO THE TAXIWAY, HE SAW A WHITE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT BURRIED INTO THE CENTER OF THETAXIWAY.  MISTAKINGLY THINKING IT WAS A POST TYPE, HE TURNED SHARPER TO THE LEFT HITTING A A BLUE TAXIWAY EDGE LIGHT.

## Other reports on N987GM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120707013709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120707013709A), Jul 7, 2012: Beech E-90 (N987GM), Karnack, TX, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Aircraft was receiving VFR flight following from ZFW30 to brownsville TX. Aircraft entered an area of thunderstorms at altitude 14600. Pilot call stated trying…

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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