20250118000379I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182J · Mesa, AZ · January 18, 2025

Date
January 18, 2025 · 17:50 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N3352F
Reported as
Cessna 182J
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,442 total850 in this make and model142 in the last 90 days

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.

PIC landed rwy 12R kiwa in personal aircraft. During rollout, PIC elected to taxi clear of the rwy a taxiway h. PIC slowed to what they determined to be a safe speed and began turn. During turn, PIC determined that they were traveling too fast to continue the turn and elected to come to a complete stop. After the stop, PIC elected to turn the aircraft to continue taxi. PIC misjudged their proximity to the edge of the taxiway and during during turn, felt a bump and heard a sound that was abnormal to operations. PIC notified twr that they may have impacted a taxi light. PIC continued taxi to parking. Airport ops was dispatched to inspect taxi lights and discovered a broken taxi light close to taxiway h and 12R. No damage to aircraft noted at parking or subsquent annual inspection.

As the FAA filed it

PIC LANDED RWY 12R KIWA IN PERSONAL AIRCRAFT. DURING ROLLOUT, PIC ELECTED TO TAXI CLEAR OF THE RWY A TAXIWAY H. PIC SLOWED TO WHAT THEY DETERMINED TO BE A SAFE SPEED AND BEGAN TURN. DURING TURN, PIC DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE TRAVELING TOO FAST TO CONTINUE THE TURN AND ELECTED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER THE STOP, PIC ELECTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE TAXI. PIC MISJUDGED THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY AND DURING DURING TURN, FELT A BUMP AND HEARD A SOUND THAT WAS ABNORMAL TO OPERATIONS. PIC NOTIFIED TWR THAT THEY MAY HAVE IMPACTED A TAXI LIGHT. PIC CONTINUED TAXI TO PARKING. AIRPORT OPS WAS DISPATCHED TO INSPECT TAXI LIGHTS AND DISCOVERED A BROKEN TAXI LIGHT CLOSE TO TAXIWAY H AND 12R. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NOTED AT PARKING OR SUBSQUENT ANNUAL INSPECTION.