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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 425 · Danbury, CT · June 29, 2008

Date: June 29, 2008 · 14:00 local
Place: Danbury, CT
Airport: Danbury Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N425WD
Reported as: Cessna 425
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A112
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,979 total330 in this make and model67 in the last 90 days

N425WDRegistered now · Cessna 425S/N 425-0130 Airframe modelCessna 425 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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At approximately 1400 EDT on 6/29/2008 a Cessna 425 registration N425WD owned by wmd holdings LLC while landing at Danbury, CT on runway 26 hit a runway light. There were no injuries reported. On 7/1/08 personnel from this office examined N425WD which was parked at business aircraft center at Danbury. Examination of the aircraft revealed impact damage to the right engine propeller and a 4 inch by 2 inch puncture in the right side fuselage in line with the propeller. Also, there wwas impact damage above the puncture. Both the left and right main gear brake assemblies had grass protruding from them. The right side of the nose wheel showed evidence of having been in the grass. Maintenance personnel from reliant aircraft inspected the aircraft and determined that a binding rod end at the left engine fuel control did not allow the engine to go to idle resulting in an asametric thrust condition.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 EDT ON 6/29/2008 A CESSNA 425 REGISTRATION N425WD OWNED BY WMD HOLDINGS LLC WHILE LANDING AT DANBURY, CT ON RUNWAY 26 HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. ON 7/1/08 PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE EXAMINED N425WD WHICH WAS PARKED AT BUSINESS AIRCRAFT CENTER AT DANBURY. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER AND A 4 INCH BY 2 INCH PUNCTURE IN THE RIGHT SIDE FUSELAGE IN LINE WITH THE PROPELLER. ALSO, THERE WWAS IMPACT DAMAGE ABOVE THE PUNCTURE. BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR BRAKE ASSEMBLIES HAD GRASS PROTRUDING FROM THEM. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE WHEEL SHOWED EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN IN THE GRASS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM RELIANT AIRCRAFT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THAT A BINDING ROD END AT THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL CONTROL DID NOT ALLOW THE ENGINE TO GO TO IDLE RESULTING IN AN ASAMETRIC THRUST CONDITION.