# Incident 20080712842919I: Piper PA32RT300, Raleigh/Durham, NC, July 12, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2008, 15:32 local time
- Place: Raleigh/Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N9515C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080712842919I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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