# Incident 20090303001609I: Piper PA23250, Grand Canyon, AZ, March 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon National Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9524° N, 112.1470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9524&lon=-112.1470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6460Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6460Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090303001609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 3, 2009 AT 12:30 A.M. N6460Y LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 AT GRAND CANYON, AZ (GCN).  UPON LANDING ROLLOUT, COYOTES WERE OBSERVED STANDING THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT STEERED TO THE LEFT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY ECHO, BUT WAS TRAVELLING TOO FAST TO MAKE THE TURNOFF AND WENT INTO THE DIRT STRIKING THE RUNWAY/TAXIWAY SIGN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANES LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND TO THE AIRPORT SIGN.

## Other reports on N6460Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19920403042499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920403042499A), Apr 3, 1992: Piper PA23250 (N6460Y), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. Nose gear failed to lock down collapsed landing. Hydraulic line ruptured. Allowed fluid to drain from system.

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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