# Accident 20220729007729A: C A S A CN 212-200, Raeford, NC, July 29, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2022, 14:04 local time
- Place: Raeford, NC
- Airport: Raeford West
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 3RAJ
- Location: 35.0306° N, 79.2367° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0306&lon=-79.2367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N497CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N497CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: C A S A CN 212-200 (registry code 2410310, https://openairdocs.org/model/c-a-s-a-cn-212-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TPE331-10R (registry code 33988, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tpe331-10r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: C A S A CN 212-200
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-10R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,074 total, 1,280 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA348) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220729007729A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 29, 2022, ABOUT 1404 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CASA 212-200, N497CA, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES

DURING THE SUBSEQUENT DIVERSION TO THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (RDU), DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) REPORTED THAT THEY FLEW TWO SKYDIVING RUNS THEN DESCENDED TO THE RAEFORD WEST AIRPORT (NR20), RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, TO PICK UP A THIRD GROUP OF SKYDIVERS.

THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND (SIC) WAS FLYING THE APPROACH TO NR20 AND WAS ?ON HEADING, ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED? UNTIL THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED BELOW THE TREE LINE AND ?DROPPED.? BOTH PILOTS CALLED FOR A GO-AROUND MANEUVER, WHICH THE SIC INITIATED; HOWEVER, BEFORE THE SIC COULD

ARREST THE AIRPLANE?S SINK RATE AND INITIATE A CLIMB, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR (RMLG) IMPACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE RMLG DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC DIRECTED THE SIC TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND REQUEST A DIVERSION TO RDU FOR LANDING. ENROUTE TO RDU, THE SIC REPORTEDLY BECAME ILL, LOWERED THE RAMP AT THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT TO FACILITATE AIRFLOW THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT, THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT MID-FLIGHT WITHOUT A PARACHUTE.  THE PIC PROCEEDED ON COURSE TO RDU, WHERE HE PERFORMED A LOW-APPROACH AND THEN EMERGENCY LANDING. UPON LANDING, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN THE GRASS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA22LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA348), Jul 29, 2022: CASA C212 (N497CA), Raeford, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with windshear during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and separation of the right main landing gear, and the pilot’s subsequent decision to leave his seat in…

## Other reports on N497CA (1)

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

- [Incident 20120319003379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120319003379I), Mar 19, 2012: C A S A CN 212-200 (N497CA), Raleigh, NC, Minor damage. Total loss of hydraulic system fluid. Ruptured hydraulic line with associated nose wheel vibration.

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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