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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C90 · Amarillo, TX · November 7, 2020

Date
November 7, 2020 · 19:45 local
Place
Amarillo, TX
Phase of flight
Run-Up Area
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
454A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N500EQ
Reported as
Beech C90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,885 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N500EQ was performing a preflight run up on the taxiway parallel to runway 17 at the tradewind airport (tdw). A citation (C525) N70JK was attempting to land on runway 17 but was instead lined up for the parallel taxiway conflicting with N500EQ. The pilot of N500EQ called the facility on a recorded line to report a "near miss" stating that N70JK overflew their aircraft by 20 to 30 feet while going around. The pilot of N500EQ made an evasive maneuver on the taxiway to avoid a collision with the citation causing N500EQ to impact a taxiway reflector resulting in damage to a propeller.

The pilot of N70JK was interviewed by iic. The pilot said they attempted to land tdw. The runway lights were working until the aircraft was on short final. Then the runway lights went out.

The pilot aborted landing and diverted to ama no further incident.

The pilot of N70JK said he did not see and was not aware of any aircraft on ground at tdw.

As the FAA filed it

N500EQ WAS PERFORMING A PREFLIGHT RUN UP ON THE TAXIWAY PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 17 AT THE TRADEWIND AIRPORT (TDW). A CITATION (C525) N70JK WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17 BUT WAS INSTEAD LINED UP FOR THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY CONFLICTING WITH N500EQ. THE PILOT OF N500EQ CALLED THE FACILITY ON A RECORDED LINE TO REPORT A "NEAR MISS" STATING THAT N70JK OVERFLEW THEIR AIRCRAFT BY 20 TO 30 FEET WHILE GOING AROUND. THE PILOT OF N500EQ MADE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER ON THE TAXIWAY TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE CITATION CAUSING N500EQ TO IMPACT A TAXIWAY REFLECTOR RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO A PROPELLER.

THE PILOT OF N70JK WAS INTERVIEWED BY IIC. THE PILOT SAID THEY ATTEMPTED TO LAND TDW. THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE WORKING UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL. THEN THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WENT OUT.

THE PILOT ABORTED LANDING AND DIVERTED TO AMA NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

THE PILOT OF N70JK SAID HE DID NOT SEE AND WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY AIRCRAFT ON GROUND AT TDW.