# Incident 20121022024979I: Beech P35, Raleigh, NC, October 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2012, 08:45 local time
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N1437G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1437G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121022024979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED HIS TAXI FROM LOCAL FBO (TAC AIR) ENROUTE TO RWY 5 ON TAXIWAY "A" AT RALEIGH DURHAM INTERNATION AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 08:45 A.M. ON OCTOBER 22, 2012.  SHORTLY AFTER BEGINNING TAXI ON TWY "A" PILOT STATED HE SMELLED SMOKE AND BEGAN TO SEE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE RIGHT WING.  HE STOPPED AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO SEE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ON FIRE.  HE PROCEEDED TO CONTACT THE CONTROL TOWER WHICH DISPATCHED AIRPORT EMERGENCY VEHICLES.  THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO TAC AIR.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEARS.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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