# Incident 20260309002259I: Textron Aviation Inc T206H, Raleigh, NC, March 9, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2026, 07:37 local time
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Airport: Raleigh Durham International A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N741TD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N741TD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron T206H (registry code 2073343, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A (registry code 42004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-aj1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC T206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,137 total, 1,205 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260309002259I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 9, 2026, AT 1137Z, AIRCRAFT N741TD, A CESSNA 206T, LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AT RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (RDU). DURING THE LANDING, THE RIGHT BRAKE COMPLETELY FAILED UPON APPLICATION, AND THE LEFT BRAKE HAD TO BE USED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, ALBEIT WITH REDUCED EFFECTIVENESS. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A TAXIWAY MARKER LIGHT, AND DAMAGED THE LEFT BRAKE LINE. DESPITE LOSING ALL BRAKING CAPABILITY, THE AIRCRAFT MANEUVERED ONTO TAXIWAY D AND EVENTUALLY ONTO TAXIWAY B, WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP. AIRPORT EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES ATTENDED TO THE SCENE, AND THE AIRCRAFT CAUTIOUSLY TAXIED UNDER ITS OWN POWER TO THE GENERAL AVIATION RAMP.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S BRAKING SYSTEM IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INTERNAL SEAL OF THE RIGHT-HAND BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HAD ROLLED AND BECOME DISLODGED, ALLOWING FLUID TO BYPASS INTERNALLY AND CAUSING THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILURE. THE FAILED SEAL WAS FOUND TO BE BRITTLE AND SHRUNKEN DUE TO AGE. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE, AND AFTER ADDITIONAL REPAIRS, THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS SERVICED, BLED, AND TESTED, CONFIRMING NORMAL FUNCTIONALITY.

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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