# Incident 20210910015519I: Piper PA-32RT-300, Miami, FL, September 10, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2021, 23:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N31397, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31397) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210910015519I

## Narrative

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

PART 91, N31397 LANDING ON RUNWAY 9 MIAMI-OPA LOCKA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OPF)

NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN FAILING TO EXTEND LANDING ON RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER. TWO PILOTS AND THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE THREE BLADED PROPELLERS CURLED THE 12 INCHES TO THE TIPS, AND THE RIGHT WING TIP FARING UNDERSIDE DAMAGED FROM IMPACT WITH RUNWAY SURFACE. N31397 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N31397 (2)

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

- [Incident 19891116059539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891116059539I), Nov 16, 1989: Piper PA32RT300 (N31397), Granite, OK, Minor damage. Runway lights not operating. Landing lights failed on night landing. Lost directional control. Ran off runway.
- [Incident 19781224020919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781224020919I), Dec 24, 1978: Piper PA32/ (N31397), Wausau, WI, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on landing roll when left main gear struck snow on runway.

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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