# Incident 20190314001379I: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, Scottsdale, AZ, March 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2019, 08:04 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 3,300 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190314001379I

## Narrative

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

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 RUNWAY 21. AS PILOT TAXIED FROM RUNUP AREA THROUGH A1 TO RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK A RUNWAY APPROACH LIGHT. PILOT DID NOT KNOW HE HAD STRUCK THE LIGHT AND PROCEEDED WITH TAKEOFF AND UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT TO PRC.

AIRCRAFT THAT WAS FOLLOWING NOTED THE LIGHT BEING STRUCK AND NOTIFIED SDL PERSONNEL. SDL PERSONNEL THEN CONTACTED PRC PERSONNEL WHO NOTIFIED PILOT OF THE INCIDENT AFTER HE ARRIVED AT PRC.

PILOT EXAMINED AIRCRAFT AFTER FLIGHT AND NOTED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.

FOLLOWING INCIDENT, PILOT THEN ARRANGED TO HAVE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND PROPELLER OVERHAULED. PILOT ALSO INDICATED DURING INVESTIGATION THAT HE BELIEVES HE GOT DISTRACTED WITH THE RUNWAY DEPARTURE CHANGE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN STRIKING THE LIGHT.

## Other reports on N75TB (1)

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

- [Incident 20181220022089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181220022089I), Dec 20, 2018: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (N75TB), Phoenix, AZ, No damage. 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 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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