# Incident 20110218003009I: Cessna 340A, Fort Worth, TX, February 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2011, 23:00 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N988DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,562 total, 783 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110218003009I

## Narrative

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

THIS INCIDENT OCCURED FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 18TH AROUND 2300 HOURS AT FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT REQUESTED ASSISTANCE TO TAXI TO THE RUNWAY.  THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE LIGHTS WERE NOT TURNED ON.  THE PILOT TAXIED THE TWIN ENGINE CESSNA 340 TO THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY A AND TAXIWAY H.  THE VISIBILITY WAS NOT RESTRICTED.  THE PILOT WAS USING ONLY THE NOSE GEAR TAXI LIGHT AND THE LANDING LIGHTS WERE TURNED OFF.  WHEN THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO TAXIWAY H THE LEFT PROPELLER AND TIRE IMPACTED THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS.  THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT PROPELLER.  THE PILOT CONDUCTED A NORMAL RUN UP ON THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT REPORTED AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO ALLIANCE AIRPORT AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.  AFTER SHUT DOWN THE PILOT NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT PROPELLER.  THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE FAA INSPECTOR CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE TAXIWAY LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING.  MY INSPECTION REVEALED SEVERAL LIGHTS IN THE GENERAL AREA WERE INOPERATIVE.  WITH THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE LIGHTS TURNED OFF THE PILOT TAXIED OVER THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS A AND H.  THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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