# Incident 20080506835799I: Beech C90A, San Jose, CA, May 6, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2008, 13:00 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8096U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8096U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90A (registry code 1152911, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,300 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080506835799I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) LANDED ON RUNWAY 11 AT SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSJC) AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS PDT. AS HE TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY FOXTROT, THE KING AIR'S RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT INJURED. THE PIC HAD ANGLED HIS PLANE FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY TOWARD THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY INSTEAD OF STAYING ON THE YELLOW GUIDELINE TO THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE. HE DID THIS TO EXIT THE RUNWAY QUICKLY WITHOUT APPLYING LATERAL G-FORCE TO THE LANDING GEAR. THE PIC NOW REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE HIS CHOSEN GROUND TRACK PLACED THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT PROPELLER OVER THE UNSEEN TAXIWAY LIGHT. THE TAXIWAY LIGHT WAS PARTIALLY CAMOUFLAGED BY DARK GREEN WEEDS WHICH WERE GROWING ADJACENT TO THE LIGHT. BECAUSE THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH LONGER THAN STANDARD PROPELLER BLADES, THE TAXIWAY LIGHT WAS STRUCK BY ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER. THE IMPACT DAMAGED BOTH THE LIGHT AND THE PROPELLER BLADE. THE PIC WAS COUNSELED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING HIS AIRCRAFT ON THE CENTERLINE OF BOTH THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. ALTHOUGH THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE PILOT'S DECISION TO DEVIATE FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE TAXIWAY, CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCIDENT WAS THE AIRPORT'S FAILURE TO REMOVE THE WEEDS WHICH PARTIALLY CAMOUFLAGED THE TAXIWAY LIGHT. THE WEEDS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT.

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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