# Incident 20260211005719I: Piper PA-30, Mattaponi, VA, February 11, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2026, 13:57 local time
- Place: Mattaponi, VA
- Airport: Middle Peninsula Regional Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5214° N, 76.7627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDDLE PENINSULA RGNL (FYJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5214&lon=-76.7627&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7574Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7574Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,071 total, 12 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260211005719I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY  02, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 (EDT), THE AIRCRAFT PA-30 ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 28 AT FYJ. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT.  AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND HE HEARD SCRAPING OF THE PROPELLERS OR FUSELAGE HITTING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAW A PROPELLER OUT THE WINDOW THAT WAS BENT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, NOSE SECTION, AND BOTH PROPELLERS.

THE LANDING GEAR WAS INSPECTED, AND NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS OR THE BRAKE CALIPERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT ON JACKS BY THE MECHANIC AND THE AIRCRAFT OWNER; THE LANDING GEAR WAS OPERATED 3 TIMES AND OPERATED NORMALLY. THE LANDING GEAR UP AND DOWN LIGHTS OPERATED NORMALLY ALONG WITH THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN.

## Other reports on N7574Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19900219021389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900219021389I), Feb 19, 1990: Piper PA30 (N7574Y), Tallahassee, FL. Collided with sequence flashing light while on final approach. Landed without incident.

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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