# Incident 20181220022089I: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, Phoenix, AZ, December 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2018, 08:33 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181220022089I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 20, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 08:33 LCL, A TB-20 TRINIDAD (N75TB) LANDED ON RUNWAY 8 AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT (KPHX). THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED FROM PRESCOTT AIRPORT (KPRC). UPON EXITING THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE OVERSHOT TAXIWAY B6 AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR.

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO EXIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FROM ATC AS AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT WAS BEHIND HIM ON FINAL. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY TAXIWAY SIGNS AND MARKINGS AS HE WAS BLINDED BY THE SUN. HE SAID THAT HE WAS TOO FAST EXITING THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED ONTO THE TAXIWAY. KPHX TOWER ASKED IF ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE HAD OCCURRED. THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD NO DAMAGE. TOWER TRANSFERRED THE PILOT TO GROUND CONTROL FOR FURTHER TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. THE AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT WAS GIVEN ATC INSTRUCTIONS TO GO-AROUND.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR AFTER SHUTTING DOWN AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N75TB (1)

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

- [Incident 20190314001379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190314001379I), Mar 14, 2019: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (N75TB), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot was in runup area at sdl next to a diamond twinstar. Pilot received clearance for runway 3. Just prior to departure, runway departures were changed to…

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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