# Incident 20190921016029I: Piper PA-34-200, Opalocka, FL, September 21, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2019, 08:04 local time
- Place: Opalocka, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1WLS
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88AG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88AG-2025-12-08) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190921016029I

## Narrative

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

A PART 141 FLIGHT OPERATED BY WAYMAN AVIATION (1WLS) LANDED AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT PRELIMINARY NOTICE DESCRIPTION: N88AG WAS CLEARED TO LAND RY9L. ON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT STAYED ON THE RUNWAY.

THE FLIGHT WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PREPARING FOR AMEL COMMERCIAL CHECK RIDE. AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING AND STUDENT COMPLETED PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST AND VERIFIED THREE LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHTS.

MADE A NORMAL FIRM LANDING AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. BOTH PROPELLERS STOPPED DUE TO GROUND CONTACT AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER CURLED, NOSE CONE LOWER AREA SCARED, AND BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR REVEALED DOWN LOCK SPRING LINK (95829-00) ADJUSTMENT LOCK NUT WAS LOOSE AND CROSS PIN SLOT WAS ELONGATED. FURTHER EXAMINATION FOUND THE NUT (MS21042-3) AND WASHER (NAS1149C0363R) MISSING FROM NOSE GEAR DOOR LINK ASSEMBLY.

MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVILED THE AIRCRAFT HAD PREVIOUSLY UNDERGONE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AT 6711.5 TOTAL TIME BY WAYMAN AVIATION LLC. FAA CRS# 4WVR269D UNDER WORK ORDER #000331 ON 08/29/2019. THE TOTAL TIME BETWEEN THE MAINTENANCE EVENT AND THE COLLAPSE WAS 34.1 HOURS.

PRINCIPLE INSPECTORS (PI) NOTIFIED AND REGULATORY NON COMPLIANCE INITIATED BY PI FOR WAYMAN AVIATION LLC. FAA CRS# 4WVR269D.

## Other reports on N88AG (3)

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

- [Accident 20180911016259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180911016259A), Sep 11, 2018: Piper PA-34-200 (N88AG), Ochopee, FL, Substantial damage. Part 141 operation, operated by American flight Training LLC and owned by my way aviation LLC weston Florida, Piper PA-34-200, N88AG, and serial number:…
- [Incident 20140524008989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140524008989I), May 24, 2014: Piper PA-34-200 (N88AG), St. Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. Right gear collapsed after landing during rollout.
- [Incident 19911019052409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911019052409I), Oct 19, 1991: Piper PA34200 (N88AG), Lansing, WV. Pilot lost directional control on landing rollout. Departed runway. Left gear collapsed.

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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