# Incident 20050426007139I: Piper PA34200T, Miami, FL, April 26, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2005, 17:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N865SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N865SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 150 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050426007139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1715, PILOT OF N865SC REPORTS TO CONTROL TOWER ON SHORT AND FINAL UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION (NO GREEN). OPA-LOCKA TOWER OBSERVED NOSE GEAR APPEARED NOT TO BE FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT COULD NOT VERIFY. PILOT OF AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTS EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND CYCLES GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR STILL WOULD NOT EXTEND AND LOCK. AIRCRAFT LANDED RWY 18 AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCH DOWN. AFTER THE MECHANIC AT OPA-LOCKA PLACED AIRCRAFT ON JACKS AND EXTENDED NOSE GEAR TO DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION A BRACKET ASSEMBLY FALLS FROM NOSE GEAR AREA. DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER AND NOSE CONE OF AIRCRAFT. M OR D SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N865SC (2)

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

- [Incident 20161103017989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161103017989I), Nov 3, 2016: Piper PA-34-200T (N865SC), Sarasota, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rwy 14. Aircraft slid approximately 900 feet from initial touchdown to stopped. Pilot stated that there were no anomalies during…
- [Incident 20000624033619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000624033619I), Jun 24, 2000: Piper PA34200T (N865SC), Marathon, FL, Substantial damage. (-23)Nose gear collapased after landing. Gear retraction test and emergency extention was performed, outcome was satisfactory. Review of log books will be…

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