# Accident 20050925023499A: Piper PA25235, Miami, FL, September 25, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9069° N, 80.2783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9069&lon=-80.2783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7788Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050925023499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT OPA-LOCKA AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS LOCAL, AIRCRAFT HAD JUST RETRIEVED BANNER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LEVEL OFF FROM NOSE UP ATTITUDE. AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET, PILOT EXPERIENCED SINK RATE HE COULD NOT RECOVER FROM (AS IF IN A DOWN DRAFT) FULL POWER WAS STILL APPLIED. PILOT REPORTS NO LOSS IN POWER AND NO CHANGES IN ENGINE SOUND. AIRCRAFT COMES DOWN HARD ON UNLISTED RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT COMES TO REST AFTER HARD LANDING AT APPROX 150 FEET INTO GRASSY AREA. NO INJURIES. DAMAGE NOTICED IS PROP BLADE BENT FROM STRIKING GROUND. BLADE TIPS COMPLETELY SEPARATED. LANDING GEAR IS BENT, BROKEN AND AT LEAST TWO BUNGEES BROKEN. LANDING GEAR WHEEL SEPARATED AND PUNCTURED LEADING EDGE OF LEFT WING. SIDE TRUSS TUBULAR MEMBER BENT (APPROXIMATE 30 INCHES IN LENGTH) LOCATED JUST AFT OF RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE FIREWALL. TWO LOWER FORWARD TRUSS CENTER TUBULAR MEMBERS AND ONE REAR TUBULAR TRUSS MEMBER BENT (APPROXIMATE LENGTH AVERAGE IS 10 INCHES) ALSO LOCATED AFT OF ENGINE FIREWALL. PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLS RESPOND CORRECTLY TO INPUTS AT CONTROL STICK. CHECKED FUEL TANK. TANK WAS FULL WITH NO WATER PRESENT.

## 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 MIA05CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA163), Sep 25, 2005: Piper PA-25-235 (N7788Z), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, during a banner pick up, resulting in a stall/mush and collision with terrain during the uncontrolled descent.

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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