# Incident 20171103018189I: Piper PA-31-325, Homestead, FL, November 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2017, 14:53 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 40 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171103018189I

## Narrative

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

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 BOTH PROPS AND THE NOSE SKIN, IN ADDITION TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND PITOT TUBES.

## Other reports on N378MM (1)

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

- [Incident 20170102000219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170102000219I), Jan 2, 2017: Piper PA-31-325 (N378MM), Miami, FL, Minor damage. 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…

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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