# Accident 20210926016059A: Piper PA-31-350, Ft Lauderdale, FL, September 26, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2021, 15:24 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 1AZA
- Location: 26.1986° N, 80.1741° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1986&lon=-80.1741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3VM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3VM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210926016059A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:24 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) A PIPER PA-31-350, OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART 135, DEPARTED MALDEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KTCB) FOR FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KFXE) WITH ONE PILOT AND 4 PASSENGERS ON-BOARD. UPON TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT N3VM LANDED ON  RUNWAY 9 IN THE (KFXE) AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DIVERT FROM THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT AND COMING TO REST IN THE ADJACENT GRASS AREA OF RUNWAY 9. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING SPAR."

## 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 ERA22LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA048), Sep 26, 2021: Piper PA-31-350 (N3VM), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the left main landing gear for reasons that could not be determined.

## Other reports on N3VM (2)

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

- [Incident 20150326004799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150326004799I), Mar 26, 2015: Piper PA-31-350 (N3VM), Lititz, PA, Minor damage. During sun air flight 2253, PIC declared in-flight emergency, at 1436 EDT, approximately 10 NM west of lns at 3500 MSL. PIC reported being in IMC conditions…
- [Incident 20140527012209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140527012209I), May 27, 2014: Piper PA-31-350 (N3VM), Lititz, PA, Minor damage. The airman was cleared to land rwy 31 from a circling approach from rwy 8, on 5/27/2014, at approximately 1200 hours. As the airman was in the landing flare on…

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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