# Incident 20091215052919I: Piper PA-34-200, Miami, FL, December 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2009, 14:38 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Kendall-Tamiami Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: D4RS
- 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: N1440T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1440T-2013-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 8 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091215052919I

## Narrative

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

PIPER PA-34-200 N1440T S/N 34-7250318 INCIDENT AT KENDALL/TAMIAMI MUNIPAL AIRPORT, ON DECEMBER 15, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1938 UTC OR 14:38 HOURS.  INVESTIGATOR STATEMENT.DECEMBER 15, 2009.  ON DECEMBER 15, 2009, INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE INVESTIGATED AN INCIDENT WITH PIPER AIRCRAFT MODEL PA-34-200, REGISTRATION N1440T, S/N 34-7250318, AT KENDALL/TAMIAMI MUNIPAL AIRPORT, MIAMI, FLORIDA. UPON OUR ARRIVAL AT THE INCIDENT SITE AT KENDALL/TAMIAMI MUNIPAL AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ON RUNWAY 13, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR REMOVAL OF THE RUNWAY.  WE TOOK SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGES, WHICH CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING:  1) NOSE LANDING BEARING ROD END P/N 452334, WAS BROKEN, WHICH IS PART OF THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  2) THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE NOSE SECTION SUSTAINED DAMAGE ON THE LOWER SURFACE WHEN IT CONTACTED THE GROUND AND ALSO IS CRACKED AT THE LEFT BAGGAGE DOOR.  3) BOTH ENGINES PROPELLERS WERE BENT DUE TO THE PROPELLERS STRIKING THE GROUND.  WE OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING FACTS DURING OUR INTERVIEW OF THE PILOTS MR. LOKESH MANGADE, CERTIFICATE # 3360023, STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS IN COMMAND AND MR. AMI HENDEL, CERTIFICATE #3270335, CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS ON THE RIGHT SEAT, ALSO ON BOARD WAS A PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY DEAN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHOOL A CERTIFICATED 14 CFR PART 141, FLIGHT SCHOOL.THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT, BOTH STATED IN THEIR SIGNED STATEMENTS; THEY WERE PRACTICING AN INSTRUMENTS APPROACH.  THEY GOT CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 13.  THE WINDS WERE 130 AT 10 KNOTS. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING DOWN AS WE ROLLED DOWN THE RUNWAY SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.   SEE ATTACHED STATEMENTS.

## Other reports on N1440T (4)

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

- [Incident 19930312011259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930312011259I), Mar 12, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N1440T), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found nose gear down lock link assembly bent.
- [Incident 19920606027189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920606027189I), Jun 6, 1992: Piper PA34200 (N1440T), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. Nose wheel folded on landing rollout. Found nose wheel down lock link rod end bearing failed at the threads.
- [Incident 19910823046389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910823046389I), Aug 23, 1991: Piper PA34200 (N1440T), Camarillo, CA. Pilot confused by conflicting information about fuel state. Landed for purpose of getting fuel.
- [Accident 19780919031269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780919031269A), Sep 19, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N1440T), Covington, KY, Substantial damage. Nose gr mount assy cracked and torn,rod end brg bent,micro sw sepm mount assy.

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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