# Incident 20090916018559I: Boeing 7372K5, Merced, CA, September 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2009, 00:45 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Castle
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3805° N, 120.5682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASTLE (MER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3805&lon=-120.5682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N249TR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N249TR-2012-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2K5 (registry code 138448X, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2k5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372K5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090916018559I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS EN-ROUTE FROM SALEM, NC TO CASTLE AIRPORT, MERCED CA.  UPON ARRIVAL AT CASTLE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NEXT TO THE TEMPORARY RUNWAY ON AN UN-IMPROVED SURFACE (DIRT).  DURING LANDING ON THE UNIMPROVED PORTION NEXT TO THE TEMPORARY RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT RAN OVER A TAXIWAY SIGN AND IT TOOK OVER 3000 FEET FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.  ONCE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED ON A PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY AND TAXIED TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR.  THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT.  CURRENTLY, THE MAIN RUNWAY AT CASTLE AIRPORT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.  TAXIWAY A HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO BE A TEMPORARY RUNWAY ACCORDING TO THE NOTICE TO AIRMAN (NOTAMS).  IN DOING SO, THE AIRPORT OFFICIALS HAVE ELECTED TO CHAGNE THE BLUE TAXIWAY LIGHTING TO WHITE LIGHTING.  THIS APPARENTLY CAUSED THE PILOTS TO BE CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR BLUE TAXIWAY LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N249TR (1)

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

- [Incident 20061003021699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061003021699I), Oct 3, 2006: Boeing 7372K5 (N249TR), Roanoke, VA. (-23) The aircraft diverted and landed on runway 33 due to smoke in the cockpit. The ARFF responded and observed no fire. The aircraft taxied to the ramp…

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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