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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule MXT-7-180 · Raleigh, NC · October 17, 2019

Date
October 17, 2019 · 11:48 local
Place
Raleigh, NC
Airport
Raleigh
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N32550
Reported as
Maule MXT-7-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-C1F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
327 total34 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The aircraft landed at rdu runway 23L and lost directional control due to pilot induced error and 20 mph wind gusts. It slid off the left side of the runway striking a runway light with the nose tire and putting a dent to the under belly of the aircraft. The pilot was then able to taxi back onto the runway and to the ramp without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT RDU RUNWAY 23L AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO PILOT INDUCED ERROR AND 20 MPH WIND GUSTS. IT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE NOSE TIRE AND PUTTING A DENT TO THE UNDER BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS THEN ABLE TO TAXI BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.