# Incident 20220927013489I: Cessna 208B, Houston, TX, September 27, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2022, 20:35 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: George Bush Intercontinental/H
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DEMA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N720FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,413 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220927013489I

## Narrative

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

BVN7759 (SHOWME 7759), A CESSNA C208,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE A 180 TURN ON RUNWAY 8L WITHOUT ATC AUTHORIZATION AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT.  THE C208 LANDED RUNWAY 8L AND THE LOCAL CONTROL (LC) INSTRUCTED THEM TO TURN AT THE REVERSE HIGH-SPEED TAXIWAY FOXTROT ECHO. THE READ BACK WAS CORRECT. BVN7759 MADE A RIGHT 180 DEGREE TURN JUST PRIOR TO TAXIWAY FOXTROT ECHO, TAXIED BACK DOWN RUNWAY 8L TO TAXIWAY FOXTROT DELTA AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT IN THE PROCESS. THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC INVOLVED.  THE PILOT STATED HE FELT SOMETHING LIKE A FLAT TIRE WHILE TAXING BUT DID NOT REALIZE HE HIT SOMETHING.   THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED SMOOTHLY AFTER THIS INITIAL INDICATION SO HE CONTINUED TO TAXI TO THE CARGO RAMP.  HE DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AFTER SHUTDOWN AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE.  THE PILOT AND MAINTENANCE TEAM THEN NOTIFIED THE AIRPORT THAT THEY HIT SOMETHING WHILE TAXIING FROM THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPORT PERSONNEL LOCATED TWO DAMAGED TAXIWAY LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N720FX (1)

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

- [Incident 20150130000629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150130000629I), Jan 30, 2015: Cessna 208B (N720FX), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. A Cessna 208B caravan N720FX was descending on the ILS approach to runway 16L at Seattle Tacoma international airport (ksea) at approximately 1700 local. The…

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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