# Incident 20230406015849I: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Chesterfield, VA, April 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2023, 10:01 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Airport: Richmond Exec-Chesterfield Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4064° N, 77.5248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND EXEC/CHESTERFIELD COUNTY (FCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4064&lon=-77.5248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 298 total, 160 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230406015849I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT KFCI WITH A CROSSWIND COMPONENT (HE REMEMBERED 210 AT 9 GUSTING 15 OR SO, AND THE HISTORICAL METAR WAS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME). UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. PILOT SAID THAT THE PLANE “YANKED” TO THE RIGHT VERY HARD, AND HE APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER, BUT THE PLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ANYWAY, OFF THE RIGHT SIDE. THE RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK AND DESTROYED THE FRANGIBLE “3” (3,000 FOOT REMAINING) RUNWAY SIGN. THE IMPACT WAS ON THE RIGHT WING, NEAR THE TIP TANK. THE VORTEX GENERATOR WAS CRUSHED, AND THE RIGHT TIRE WAS SPLIT.

## Other reports on N343AB (1)

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

- [Accident 20190728016039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190728016039A), Jul 28, 2019: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36 (N343AB), Chesterfield, VA, Substantial damage. As the pilot was in the flare to land he heard a horn go off and panicked thinking it was the gear horn. He initiated a go around and did not compensate for…

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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