Event DCA86IA001

1986-09-25 RALEIGH-DURHAM, North Carolina, United States Airport · KRDU None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N402EA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A36

Year of manufacture

2001

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20010717

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4B474

Registrant of record

SNEED LEASING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N402EA McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 None

Factual narrative

DRG ARRIVAL, THE FLT CREW MADE A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 23L IN CALM WIND CONDS. FLT CREW STATEMENTS INDICATED THAT WHEN THEY WERE ON FINAL APCH AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL, THE ACFT WAS ON THE PROPER GLIDEPATH FOR LANDING. HOWEVER THE RESULTING GRND CONTACT WAS HARDER THAN NORMAL RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT BUT NO REPORTED INJURIES. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_DCA86IA001.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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