# Accident 19760816026739A: Piper PA23160, Miami, FL, August 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1976
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3416P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3416P-2014-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,208 total, 45 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77DKT90](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKT90) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760816026739A

## Narrative

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

PROP SEPARATED IN-FLIGHT COLLIDED WITH FUSELAGE CAUSING FAILURE OF LDG GEAR ENTENSION SYSTEM

## 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 MIA77DKT90](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKT90), Aug 16, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N3416P), Miami, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3416P (1)

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

- [Accident 19780704020129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704020129A), Jul 4, 1978: Piper PA23160 (N3416P), N.Little Rock, AR, Substantial damage. L gr upper drag brace assy,P/N16190.00.

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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