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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32RT300 · Raleigh/Durham, NC · July 12, 2008

Date: July 12, 2008 · 15:32 local
Place: Raleigh/Durham, NC
Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9515C
Reported as: Piper PA32RT300
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft was cleared for landing at rdu. Aircraft touched down and nose gear began to fold back into wheel well, gear retracts aft into lower engine cowling, right main gear began to fold back into wheel well. Left main gear stayed in the down and locked position. Aircraft began veering to the right and finally departed the runway and continued into the grass and mud on the right side of the runway. The aircraft stopped after turning 180 degrees coming to rest facing opposite the landing direction.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING AT RDU. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND NOSE GEAR BEGAN TO FOLD BACK INTO WHEEL WELL, GEAR RETRACTS AFT INTO LOWER ENGINE COWLING, RIGHT MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO FOLD BACK INTO WHEEL WELL. LEFT MAIN GEAR STAYED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. AIRCRAFT BEGAN VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND FINALLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS AND MUD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AFTER TURNING 180 DEGREES COMING TO REST FACING OPPOSITE THE LANDING DIRECTION.