# Incident 20140416005189I: Piper PA-44-180, Miami, FL, April 16, 2014 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 16, 2014, 21:00 local time - Place: Miami, FL - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: 9PTS - 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: N2163F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2163F) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180 - Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 1,166 total, 153 in this make and model - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140416005189I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY PILOT TRAINING CENTER LLC ON A PART 61 PILOT NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT. ON THE 5TH LANDING FOR THE NIGHT WITH THE STUDENT PILOT AT THE CONTROLS AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OBSERVING, THE STUDENT PILOT PLACED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN APPROXIMATELY 100FT PAST TAXI WAY A1 ON RUNWAY 9L. CFI REPORTED THE LANDING WAS ON THE MAIN GEAR FIRST THEN ON ROLLOUT THE NLG COLLAPSED. MECHANIC FOUND THE NLG DRAGLINK CENTER ATTACH BOLT ON THE RUNWAY. AFTER INSPECTION FOUND THE BOLT HAD FAILED JUST BELOW THE NUT. I INSPECTED THE BOLT AND FOUND IT SEPARATED AT A POSSIBLE SHEAR POINT JUST BELOW THE NUT AREA. IN ADDITION THE BOLT APPEARS TO INDICATE A SINGLE POINT OVERLOAD FAILURE WITH POSSIBLE ZERO EVIDENCE OF SLOW CRACK PROPAGATION OR FATIGUE. IT APPEARS THE BOLT MAY HAVE BEEN FATIGUED BY MULTIPLE LANDINGS DUE TO THE NATURE OF PILOT TRAINING ENVIRONMENT. FAILED BOLT WAS THE CORRECT BOLT A NAS464P4 PER THE PIPER PARTS CATALOG. INSPECTED THE LANDING GEAR DRAG LINKS FOR ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND FOUND THE DOWN LOCK MAY HAVE SECONDARY DAMAGE FROM THE DRAG LINK CENTER BOLT FAILING. RESEARCHED AD 80-12-03 AND PIPER SERVICE LETTER 678 WHICH ADDRESSED THE WEAK DOWN LOCK. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF THE NLG DOWN LOCK CAUSING THIS INCIDENT. AD 80-12-03 WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND HAD BEEN DOCUMENTED, CONFIRMED BY LOG BOOK REVIEW AND AIRCRAFT INSPECTION. ## Other reports on N2163F (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20150523008719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150523008719A), May 23, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N2163F), Tamiami, FL, Substantial damage. On may 23rd 2015 at 1605 eastern standard time, a Piper seminole PA-44-180, N2163F, registered to pilot training center, LLC was operating out of… - [Incident 20031021031399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031021031399I), Oct 21, 2003: Piper PA44180 (N2163F), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. (-23) The nose gear collapsed during roll-out on the second "touch and go" landing. Maintenance found a bolt head sheared and inspected their entire fleet… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.