# Accident 20180717011392A: Piper PA-34-200, Miami, FL, July 17, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2018, 12:59 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7578° N, 80.5569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7578&lon=-80.5569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16281, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16281-2019-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 253 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180717011392A

## Narrative

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

WHERE: PIPER SENECA PA-34, REGISTRATION N16281 WITH TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD FLYING, TOOK OFF FROM TAMIAMI MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB). AIRCRAFT LAST TRACK WAS APPROXIMATELY 9NM ON A HEADING OF 310° NORTHWEST OF TAMIAMI MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB). AIRCRAFT GPS COORDINATES OF THE CRASH SITE: N25°45?28.61, W080°33?13.68.

CESSNA SKYHAWK C-172, REGISTRATION N6428D WITH TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD FLYING, INBOUND TO THE TAMIAMI MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB). AIRCRAFT LAST TRACK WAS APPROXIMATELY 9NM ON A HEADING OF 170° NORTHWEST OF TAMIAMI MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB). AIRCRAFT GPS COORDINATES OF THE CRASH SITE: N25°45?20.78, W080°33?13.68.

AIRCRAFT GPS COORDINATES OF THE COLLISION POINT: N25°45?28.69, W080°33?25.45.

WHAT: PART 61 OPERATION, OWNED AND OPERATED BY DEAN INTERNATIONAL. N16281 AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING VFR ON A COMMERCIAL MULTIENGINE CHECK RIDE, AND JUST DEPARTED TMB BY PRIVATE PILOT, MS. NISHA SEJWAL, WHO WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT AND PERISHED IN THE CRASH, AND DPE RALPH KNIGHT WHO ALSO PERISHED IN THE CRASH.

PART 61 OPERATION, OWNED AND OPERATED BY DEAN INTERNATIONAL. N6428D AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING VFR ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND RETURNING TO TAMIAMI MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB).  THIS AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY STUDENT PILOT, CARLO ALFREDO ZANETTI SCARPATI WHO WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT AND PERISHED IN THE CRASH, AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, JORGE SANCHEZ WHO ALSO PERISHED IN THE CRASH.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6428D, Cessna 172N: [Accident 20180717011412A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180717011412A)

## 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 ERA18FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA194), Jul 17, 2018: Piper PA34 (N16281), Miami, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots in both airplanes to see and avoid the other airplane as they converged nearly head-on at the same altitude.

## Other reports on N16281 (3)

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

- [Incident 20171013019969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171013019969I), Oct 13, 2017: Piper PA-34-200 (N16281), Miami Executive, FL, Minor damage. During an instruction flight at final approach the nose landing gear failed to come down. Pilot attempted several recyclings including emergency extension but…
- [Incident 20110726014199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110726014199I), Jul 26, 2011: Piper PA-34-200 (N16281), Miami, FL, Minor damage. At approximately 16:45 eastern daylight savings time aircraft N16281, Piper PA-34-200, s/n 34-7350122, landed on runway 09L and taxied off onto taxiway (A1) at…
- [Incident 19930711030449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930711030449I), Jul 11, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N16281), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Nose baggage door opened on liftoff and gear retraction. Aborted and landed on same runway before gear was down.

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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