# Incident 20070215001979I: Piper PA23250, Miami, FL, February 15, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2007, 15:20 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Substantial 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: N144CN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N144CN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070215001979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FLIGHT FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA TO OPA-LOCKA, FLORIDA, WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT OPF THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. HE STATED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD A PROBLEM. MIAMI ATC TRANSFERRED N144CN TO OPF WEST OF THE AIRPORT. PILOT MADE A LOW APPROACH WHILE THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER NOTED A GEAR DOWN. DURING LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HYD DOWN-LINE WAS CHAFFING AGAINST A CONTROL CABLE DEPLETING OF HYD FLUID AND CAUSING INCIDENT.

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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