# Incident 20170102000219I: Piper PA-31-325, Miami, FL, January 2, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2017, 12:03 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N378MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N378MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-325
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 988 total, 953 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170102000219I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 2, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 17:03 ZULU A PIPER MODEL PA31, REGISTRATION N378MM, ON APPROACH TO MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RUNWAY 9R WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY PASSENGERS DURING APPROACH AND PIC DID NOT EXTEND LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY DEPARTED AGAIN AND LOWERED GEAR, AND THEN FLEW A RIGHT HAND PATTERN GO AROUND AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 9R WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED GROUND DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES PROPELLER BLADES, FLAPS, AND TWO BOTTOM ANTENNAS.

## Other reports on N378MM (1)

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

- [Incident 20171103018189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171103018189I), Nov 3, 2017: Piper PA-31-325 (N378MM), Homestead, FL, Minor damage. Airman [privacy data omitted] was on a flight from tmb to X51. Upon landing the nose Gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded to a stop on the runway damaging…

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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