# Accident 20121105025279A: Piper PA-28R-180, Fort Lauderdlae, FL, November 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2012, 12:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdlae, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1936° N, 80.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1936&lon=-80.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4534J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4534J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,823 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121105025279A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 31 AT FXE AND EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LANDING GEAR COLAPSE.  SINGLE PILOT ON BOARD. NO INJURIES NOTED. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLAPSED ON ROLL-OUT ACCORDING TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO PRIOR HISTORY OF LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS REGARDING THE AIRCRAFT AND NO RECENT WORK (MAINTENANCE) HAS BEEN PERFORMED TO THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT  OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE RIGHT AILERON WAS SUSTAINED. SCRAPE MARKS ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT WING FLAP HINGE WERE FOUND.  DUE TO SUSPECTED  DAMAGE, I REQUESTED THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REMOVE THE RIGHT WING TIP CAP DUE TO SUSPECTED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE WING. TIP CAP WAS REMOVED IN THE PRESENCE OF FAA INSPECTORS LES GLASCOCK AND MICHAEL SPENCER. TWO (2) CRACKS WERE FOUND LOCATED AT THE UPPER AND LOWER AFT PORTION OF THE MOST OUTBOARD STRUCTURAL RIB .

## 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 ERA13LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA049), Nov 5, 2012: Piper PA-28R-180 (N4534J), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the right main landing gear during landing for reasons that could not be duplicated or determined during the postaccident investigation because of the initial unavailability of the…

## Other reports on N4534J (1)

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

- [Accident 19780204003059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780204003059A), Feb 4, 1978: Piper PA28R180 (N4534J), Robinson, IL, Substantial damage. Lost vis cues due to gnd fog. Acft drifted left.

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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