# Incident 19980612038769I: Piper PA28151, Miami, FL, June 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1998, 11:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N32947, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32947) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 14 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/19980612038769I

## Narrative

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

(-5) INITIALLY STARTED AIRCRAFT FOR SOLO PIC FLIGHT. COULD NOT RELEASE HAND BRAKE; GOT MECHANIC TO RELEASE. RESTARTED AIRCRAFT WITH HIGH POWER SETTING. AIRCRAFT LUNGED FORWARD. SHE ATTEMPTED TO GUIDE AIRCRAFT WITH BRAKES. DID NOT REDUCE POWER OR ATTEMPT TO SHUT DOWN ENGINE. LOST CONTROL ON RAMP AND STRUCK THREE OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WERE TIED DOWN.

## Other reports on N32947 (1)

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

- [Incident 20210914015699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210914015699I), Sep 14, 2021: Piper PA-28-151 (N32947), Castaic, CA, No damage. N32497 departed van nuys airport for a flight to kern valley airport and return to van nuys. On the return flight to van nuys N32947 ran out of fuel and made…

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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