# Incident 20140106001449I: Embraer EMB-135BJ, Tomball, TX, January 6, 2014 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 6, 2014, 06:18 local time - Place: Tomball, TX - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Taxi - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: DJFA - Location: 30.0951° N, 95.6197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tomball, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0951&lon=-95.6197&mi=10 - Aircraft: N908FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N908FL-2019-08-23) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Embraer EMB-135BJ (registry code 3260306, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135bj) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-135BJ - Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYCE AE3007 SER - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140106001449I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AT APPROXIMATELY 06:18 CST ON 01/06/2014, N908FL, AN EMB-135-BJ LEGACY JET OPERATED BY FLIGHT OPTIONS LLC, BECAME IMMOBILIZED MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY FOXTROT FROM TAXIWAY HOTEL. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AS FAR §91 REPOSITION LEG FROM DAVID WAYNE HOOKS (DWH) TO FRONT RANGE, JEFFCO (BJC) IN DENVER, COLORADO. FLIGHT CREW STATED PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WAS PILOT NOT FLYING (PNF) IN THE RIGHT CREWMEMBER SEAT. THE SECOND IN COMMAND (SIC) WAS THE PILOT FLYING (PF) OCCUPYING THE LEFT CREWMEMBER SEAT. THE AIRCRAFT IS TAXIED FROM THE LEFT HAND SEAT ONLY VIA A SINGULAR TILLER LOCATION. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE DWH CONTROL TOWER WAS CLOSED AND THE AIRFIELD WAS CONSIDERED UNCONTROLLED. CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE WINDS FROM THE NORTH AT 7KTS, GUSTING TO 19, 10 MILES VISIBILITY, CLEAR WITH HIGH OVERCAST ATTENUATING AMBIENT MOON OR STARLIGHT. TEMPERATURE WAS -3 CELSIUS AND ALTIMETER OF 30.53 INCHES OF MERCURY. DWH IS A PRIVATELY OWNED, PUBLICLY OPERATED AIRPORT WITH A CONTRACT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. IT HAS NONSTANDARD RUNWAY, TAXIWAY, RAMP UNLIGHTED SIGNAGE AND MARKINGS. NOT ALL AREAS ARE LIGHTED DURING NIGHT OPERATIONS. MOST TAXIWAY CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT SUPPORT AIRCRAFT GREATER THAN 25,000 POUNDS. THE FLIGHT CREW STATED THEIR PLAN WAS TO TAXI VIA ECHO CROSSING RWY 35L AND RIGHT ON FOXTROT TO THE END OF RWY 35L FOR DEPARTURE (THESE TAXIWAYS AS NOTED ON THE AIRPORT DIAGRAM THE FLIGHT CREW HAD OUT IS RESTRICTED TO AIRCRAFT 25000 POUNDS OR LESS). FOXTROT RUNS BETWEEN THE TWO PARALLEL RUNWAYS. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE E/F INTERSECTION, THE CREW ELECTED NOT TO TURN DUE TO POOR LIGHTING, MARKINGS AND RADIUS OF TURN. INSTEAD, THEY ELECTED TO BACK TAXI RWY 35R AND USE TAXIWAY HOTEL TO RE-ENTER FOXTROT. DURING THE LEFT TURN SOUTH ON FOXTROT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SLID THROUGH A SOFT ASPHALT SHOULDER THAT WAS NEW IN APPEARANCE TO THE SURROUNDING TAXIWAY AND INTO THE DRAINAGE CULVERT BECOMING IMMOBILIZED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR DOORS. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.