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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Epic E1000 · San Jose, CA · September 7, 2025

Date
September 7, 2025 · 20:33 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N371CE
Reported as
Epic E1000
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,900 total60 in this make and model75 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.

The pilot reported this incident to the FAA after it occurred. At 8:33 pm local time, the pilot landed at Reid-Hillview airport on runway 31R. He rolled out and began his right turn to taxiway Y3 about 30 feet too early for the recently reconfigured markings and lighting. His prop tip impacted the taxiway light closest to the runway. Green paint on grey asphalt without a white or yellow border now designates the paved area as one that should not be entered. The pilot makes the case, using aim 2-3-2.b, 2-3-3 and ac 150/5340-1M that the lack of runway edge marking where it is adjacent to the new green-painted areas contributed to this incident and will continue to not guide arriving traffic on runway 31R.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO THE FAA AFTER IT OCCURRED. AT 8:33 PM LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT LANDED AT REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 31R. HE ROLLED OUT AND BEGAN HIS RIGHT TURN TO TAXIWAY Y3 ABOUT 30 FEET TOO EARLY FOR THE RECENTLY RECONFIGURED MARKINGS AND LIGHTING. HIS PROP TIP IMPACTED THE TAXIWAY LIGHT CLOSEST TO THE RUNWAY. GREEN PAINT ON GREY ASPHALT WITHOUT A WHITE OR YELLOW BORDER NOW DESIGNATES THE PAVED AREA AS ONE THAT SHOULD NOT BE ENTERED. THE PILOT MAKES THE CASE, USING AIM 2-3-2.B, 2-3-3 AND AC 150/5340-1M THAT THE LACK OF RUNWAY EDGE MARKING WHERE IT IS ADJACENT TO THE NEW GREEN-PAINTED AREAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT AND WILL CONTINUE TO NOT GUIDE ARRIVING TRAFFIC ON RUNWAY 31R.