# Incident 20090221001829I: Piper PA30, Raleigh/Durham, NC, February 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2009, 15:50 local time
- Place: Raleigh/Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- 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: N8266Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8266Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090221001829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON A PERSONAL DAY VFR FLIGHT RETURNING TO THE RALEIGH AREA.  HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23R AT RDU.  THE APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL.  SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE SURGED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK SOMETHING IN THE GRASS.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT EQUIPMENT OF FACILITIES.  THE RIGHT PROPELLER SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT AND WERE NOT A FACTOR.  ACTUAL WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE FROM 200 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS, PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 4 KNOTS OF CROSSWIND.

## Other reports on N8266Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19810904068409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810904068409I), Sep 4, 1981: Piper PA30 (N8266Y), Beverly, MA, Minor damage. Pilot taxiied aircraft into a ditch. Damaged prop tips and gear doors.

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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