# Accident 20060623012189A: Piper PA25235, Miami, FL, June 23, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2006, 14:20 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9117° N, 80.2861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9117&lon=-80.2861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7788Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 50 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060623012189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 23, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 HOURS, A PA-25-235 OPERATED BY AERIAL BANNERS, INC. CRASH LANDED AT OPF. ACCORDING TO WITNESS, THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST REFUELED AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI WEST ON TANGO, ENTERING RUNWAY 12-30, VIA GULF TAXIWAY FOR TAKE-OFF. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 12 AND WAS OBSERVED TO LOSE LIFT AFTER TAKING OFF APPROXIMATELY 100FT AGL, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT TO LAND ON 27L (DOWNWIND). THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE YANKEE TAXIWAY, BETWEEN TAXIWAYS DELTA AND YANKEE 5, SKIDDED ACROSS THE YANKEE TAXIWAY (75') GROUND LOOPED COMING TO REST AT THE NORTH EDGE OF THE YANKEE TAXIWAY WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FACING SOUTHEAST. AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK RUPTURED ON LANDING AND CAUGHT FIRE. PILOT SUFFERED BURNS TO LEGS AND HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED.

## 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 MIA06CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA119), Jun 23, 2006: Piper PA-25-235 (N7788Z), Opa-Locka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain.

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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