# Incident 20160421007089I: Piper PA-28R-201, Miami, FL, April 21, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2016, 20:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: YDFS
- Location: 25.6476° N, 80.4332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI EXEC (TMB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6476&lon=-80.4332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53509, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53509) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360-C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160421007089I

## Narrative

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

THIS FLIGHT START AT MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KTMB) AND CLIMBED TO 1,500 FEET DIRECT TO HOMESTEAD GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT (X51).  AFTER PRACTICING SOME TRAFIC PATTERN FLIGHT DOING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS, THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE PATTERN AND FLEW SOUTHWEST APPROX 10 MILES.  THEY PERFORMED EIGHTS ON PYLONS.  AFTERWARDS CHANDELS WERE PERFORMED.  AT 3000 FEET THE INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATED STEEP TURNS, HE THEN PASSED THE CONTROLS TO THE STUDENT AND WHEN THE STUDENT COMPLETED HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST HE ADVANCED THE PROP AND THROTTLE TO THE PROPER SETTING, THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND.  THE INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, CALLED MIAMI EXECUTIVE TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  HE THEN PREPARED THE AIRPLANE FOR A LANDING ON A HARD SURFACE ROAD.  UPON LANDING THE WINGS STARTED TO CLIP TALL SHRUBS CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND INTO TALL GRASS.  THE AIRPLANE ROLLED APPROX 525 FEET BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON THE FORWARD COWLING IN APPROX 3 FEET OF WATER FROM THE DRANAGE CANAEL RUNNING PARALELL TO THE ROAD.  THE PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT EGRESSED ONTO THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRPLANE AND STEEPED OUT ONTO THE ROAD WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N53509 (1)

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

- [Incident 20030928023969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030928023969I), Sep 28, 2003: Piper PA28R201 (N53509), Renton, WA, Minor damage. (-23) During a touch and go operation at rnt rwy 33 the pilot requested a full stop landing. After a short landing the pilot requested to proceed with his…

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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