# Incident 20051128033419I: Emb EMB120ER, Denver, CO, November 28, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2005, 17:40 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N299UX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299UX-2019-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- Reported engine: PWA PW118
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,565 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06IA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06IA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051128033419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CAPTAIN LANDED AIRPLANE AT NIGHT ON RUNWAY 34R, THE STEERED ONTO A REVERSE HI-SPEED TAXIWAY F4. CAPTAIN BECAME MOMENTARILY CONFUSED BY THE NUMEROUS AIRPORT LIGHTS AND RUSHED BECAUSE OF AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC BEHIND ON SHORT FINAL FOR 34R. HE THOUGHT HE WAS STEERING ONTO A TAXIWAY WHICH REQUIRES A 90-DEGREE TURN FROM THE RUNWAY. THEREFORE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STEERED TOO CLOSE TO THE SOUTH EDGE OF F4 AS THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY. THIS RESULTED IN THE RIGHT PROP STRIKING THE TAXI LITE. PILOT CALLED DEN ATCT AND ADVISED OF THE INCIDENT, THE REPORTED IT TO MAINTENANCE. PILOT SAID THAT THE RUNWAY ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED TO THEM BY ATC FOR LANDING WAS 35L. THE RUNWAY ASSIGNMENT FOR LANDING WAS CHANGED TO 34R WHILE THEY WERE ON BASE LEG FOR VISUAL TO 35L, OUTSIDE THE OUTER MARKER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN06IA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06IA020), Nov 29, 2005: Embraer EMB-120ER (N299UX), Denver, CO, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the taxiway light. Factors contributing to the incident were the crew's inadequate visual lookout and the taxiway light.

## Other reports on N299UX (2)

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

- [Incident 20040526010049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040526010049I), May 26, 2004: Emb EMB120ER (N299UX), Williston, ND. (-23) Great lakes airline, N299UX, Emb 120-ER on final approach had the right hand propeller feather when the condition lever was advanced to maximum. Crew…
- [Accident 20030602011659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030602011659A), Jun 2, 2003: Emb EMB120ER (N299UX), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 2, 2003 at approximately 17:40 local time, great lakes airlines flight 5120 had landed at Denver International Airport and was taxiing into…

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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