ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290189
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| Date: | Saturday 16 February 2013 |
| Time: | 21:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 195 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N4426C |
| MSN: | 16011 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3539 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Austin, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Austin Executive Airport, TX (KEDC) |
| Fredericksburg, TX (T82) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, as the airplane approached the end of the unlit taxiway, adjacent to the runway threshold, the right wing landing light failed, significantly reducing his forward visibility in the dark night conditions. The pilot cycled the right wing landing light switch as he applied wheel brakes; however, the light did not illuminate. The pilot stated that he was unable to stop the airplane before it departed the end of the taxiway and traveled down an embankment. The airplane overran the end of the taxiway despite the pilot's immediate application of brakes after the failure of the landing light, which is consistent with the pilot's use of an excessive taxi speed. Although the pilot did not recall seeing any reflective markers identifying the end of the taxiway, the end of the taxiway was identified by ground-level red reflectors, and the taxiway edges were identified by evenly spaced blue reflective posts. In response to the accident, the airport authority agreed to purchase additional blue reflective posts to more adequately mark the limits of the unlit taxiway. Additionally, the Federal Aviation Administration agreed to amend its Airport Facility Directory to reflect that the taxiway edges were marked by reflector posts and that the northwest end of runway 13-31 and parallel taxiway had a 16-foot descending embankment beginning at the end of the pavement.
Probable Cause: The pilot's use of an excessive taxi speed, which resulted in the airplane overrunning the end of the unlit taxiway after the failure of the right wing landing light.
Sources:
NTSB CEN13LA170
Accident investigation:
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 2008 | N4426C | Private | 0 | West Houston Airport, Houston, TX | |
sub |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
| 10 January 2017 | N4426C | privé | 0 | Field's Field Luchthaven (7TA0), Tomball, TX | |
min |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 06-Oct-2022 11:56 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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