# Incident 20200914020119I: Piper PA-28R-200, Opa Locka, FL, September 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1WLS
- Location: 25.9074° N, 80.2782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI-OPA LOCKA EXEC (OPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9074&lon=-80.2782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1095X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1095X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,257 total, 223 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200914020119I

## Narrative

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

CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND PRIVATE PILOT UNDER SINGLE-ENGINE INSTRUCTION OPERATING PIPER PA-28R-200, SERIAL NUMBER 28R-7535239, AND REGISTRATION N1095X DEPARTED OPA-LOCKA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OPF) DURING FLIGHT TO PRACTICE AREA OVER THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES HAD ISSUE WITH LANDING GEAR BEING UNSAFE CONDITION. AIRCRAFT N1095X RETURNED TO OPF WITH UNSAFE LANDING GEAR, LANDING ON RUNWAY 9L AT OPF, AND GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING PROPELLER STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT UNDERSIDE. STUDENT PILOT AND CFI SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT N1095X IS OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DOING BUSINESS AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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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