# Incident 20051121028089I: Piper PA34200T, Raleigh-Durham, NC, November 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2005, 21:30 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FFKA
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7633C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7633C-2019-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051121028089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BEGAN HIS TAXI, AT NIGHT, IN A HEAVY RAIN AND VERY POOR VISIBILITY. HE WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 5R AND THOUGHT HE HAD TAXIED ONTO TAXIWAY A. HOWEVER, THE PILOT WAS ACTUALLY ON TAXIWAY J, WHICH HAD BEEN NOTAMED CLOSED FROM J1 TO J2. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW A LIGHTED BARRIER AHEAD OF HIM AND PLANNED TO TURN HIS AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO REACHING THAT BARRIER. HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ANOTHER BARRIER BEFORE REACHING THE ONE SEEN BY THE PILOT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE BARRIER STRUCK WAS UNLIT, ALTHOUGH IT HAD LIGHTS ON IT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE BARRIER, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND BOTH PROPELLERS HIT THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N7633C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780622047229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780622047229I), Jun 22, 1978: Piper PA34200T (N7633C), West Mefflin, PA, Minor damage. On taxi for takeoff, aircraft struck wooden helicopter landing platform.

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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