# Incident 20060106002129I: Piper PA32R300, Raleigh-Durham, NC, January 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2006, 10:00 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N8209C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8209C-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060106002129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 05L, AND DURING ROLL OUT THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT BOTH HEARD A "SNAPPING" SOUND AND THE NOSE DOWN PITCH OF THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED LESS THAN NORMAL. WHILE THE CO-PILOT WAS HOLDING FULL AFT ELEVATOR PRESSURE THE PILOT (PIC) QUICKLY PULLED THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF. AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE STOPPED ROTATING AND THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED. THE AIRCRAFT LOST ELEVATOR EFFECTIVENESS AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED DRAMATICALLY, IMPACTING THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT SAFELY EGRESSES WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8209C (2)

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

- [Accident 20171214023089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171214023089A), Dec 14, 2017: Piper PA-32R-300 (N8209C), Kwigillingok, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot narrative---i was assigned to take 2 pax and baggage from bethel to Kwigillingok in the Piper lance, N8209C. Loading and fuel for the flight as follows:…
- [Incident 20081001855919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081001855919I), Oct 1, 2008: Piper PA32R300 (N8209C), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] was on approach to landing at Columbia, SC, cae, in N8209C, a Piper pa 32R-300 airplane, when he noticed the instrument lights…

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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