# Incident 20231218022499I: Cessna 208B, Key West, FL, December 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2023, 07:11 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MTNA
- Location: 24.5561° N, 81.7600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY WEST INTL (EYW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5561&lon=-81.7600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N751FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P & W PT6A-28
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 71 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/20231218022499I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 18, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900L EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , A CESSNA 208B, COLLIDED WITH RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTING DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT KET WEST, FLORIDA (EYW).  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE CARGO FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 135 ON DEMAND AND ORIGINATED FROM KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KEY WEST FLORIDA (EYW) WITH A DESTINATION OF FORT LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FLL).  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) AND WAS IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

THE PILOT MISTOOK THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTING FOR RUNWAY CENTERLINE LIGHTING AND UNKNOWINGLY STRUCK SEVERAL (NO MORE THAN 3)  RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF RUNWAY 27.  THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL.  THE PROP TIP DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION FOR THE NEXT DAY'S  FLIGHT.

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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