# Accident 20160813014702A: Piper PA-34-200T, Fort Lauderdale, FL, August 13, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2016, 12:30 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1933° N, 80.1642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1933&lon=-80.1642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8166U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8166U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA454) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160813014702A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF N8166U STATED HIS AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY ROLLED INTO N70SW. N8166U HAD BOTH ENGINES RUNNING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE LEFT PROPELLER OF N8166U STRUCK THE RIGHT WING OF N70SW. THE LEFT PROPELLER AND SPINNER WAS DAMAGED. LEFT ENGINE NEEDS INTERNAL EVALUATION DUE TO PROP STRIKE. THE CREW ONBOARD N70SW STATED THEY FELT THEIR AIRCRAFT SHAKE THEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THEY LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW TO SEE N8166U HAD HIT THEIR RIGHT WING. THE RIGHT WING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND WAS LEAKING FUEL.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N70SW, Cessna 500: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 GAA16CA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA454), Aug 13, 2016: Piper PA 34 (N8166U), Fort Lauderdale, FL, minor damage. Probable cause: The other pilot's failure to ensure that the brake was fully engaged and his subsequent failure to notice that his airplane was rolling forward, which resulted in it hitting another airplane.

## Other reports on N8166U (1)

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

- [Incident 20250114000329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250114000329I), Jan 14, 2025: Piper PA-34-200T (N8166U), Boca Raton, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft attempted to land runway 05, the landing gear was extended, and 3 green lights were verified, on final approach at 100 feet both the pilot and the…

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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