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Light transport twin cargo aircraft struck a taxiway light with the right side propeller while taxiing at night at txkf airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 419770 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : txkf airport : txkf |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 2600 flight time type : 2200 |
| ASRS Report | 419770 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 275 flight time total : 1200 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 418884 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
During night taxi operations, taxiway light was not observed on corner of taxiway T and apron #1 at bermuda (txkf). Noise of an object striking propeller on right side was heard in cockpit. Aircraft was returned to apron #1 and shut down. Note: on post inspection of taxiway light, tower official stated that txwys are hardly visible at night and that 2 occurrences of taxiway lights in the past 30 days had been struck by other airplanes. Also, upon post inspection, over a dozen other taxiway lights were sighted unlit.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LTT TWIN CARGO ACFT STRUCK A TXWY LIGHT WITH THE R SIDE PROP WHILE TAXIING AT NIGHT AT TXKF ARPT.
Narrative: DURING NIGHT TAXI OPS, TXWY LIGHT WAS NOT OBSERVED ON CORNER OF TXWY T AND APRON #1 AT BERMUDA (TXKF). NOISE OF AN OBJECT STRIKING PROP ON R SIDE WAS HEARD IN COCKPIT. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO APRON #1 AND SHUT DOWN. NOTE: ON POST INSPECTION OF TXWY LIGHT, TWR OFFICIAL STATED THAT TXWYS ARE HARDLY VISIBLE AT NIGHT AND THAT 2 OCCURRENCES OF TXWY LIGHTS IN THE PAST 30 DAYS HAD BEEN STRUCK BY OTHER AIRPLANES. ALSO, UPON POST INSPECTION, OVER A DOZEN OTHER TXWY LIGHTS WERE SIGHTED UNLIT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.