20220203000989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Miami, FL · February 3, 2022

Date
February 3, 2022 · 10:53 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Miami Exec
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
9PTS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N439PT
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On February 2, 2022, aircraft N439PT operated by privacy data omitted, upon landing, the left main gear collapsed slowly while turning off runway 9R at d turn off. An initial observation revealed that the aircraft sustained minimal damage to its left under belly, (scratches), the left engine prop struck the ground causing damage the prop, no one was injured, and the a/c was lifted back on its gear and moved to the hanger for further evaluation. Upon review of maintenance records and procedures along with inspection of gear retraction and extension checks, with all corresponding lights demonstrating to operate as described in the Piper maintenance manual, all test were satisfactory and problem could not be duplicated. Additionally the aircraft will remain out of service due to propeller damage and a replacement is installed. Once accomplished the operator will contact the pi for further surveillance prior to return to service.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 2, 2022, AIRCRAFT N439PT OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, UPON LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED SLOWLY WHILE TURNING OFF RUNWAY 9R AT D TURN OFF. AN INITIAL OBSERVATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT UNDER BELLY, (SCRATCHES), THE LEFT ENGINE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE THE PROP, NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND THE A/C WAS LIFTED BACK ON ITS GEAR AND MOVED TO THE HANGER FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. UPON REVIEW OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND PROCEDURES ALONG WITH INSPECTION OF GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION CHECKS, WITH ALL CORRESPONDING LIGHTS DEMONSTRATING TO OPERATE AS DESCRIBED IN THE PIPER MAINTENANCE MANUAL, ALL TEST WERE SATISFACTORY AND PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. ADDITIONALLY THE AIRCRAFT WILL REMAIN OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO PROPELLER DAMAGE AND A REPLACEMENT IS INSTALLED. ONCE ACCOMPLISHED THE OPERATOR WILL CONTACT THE PI FOR FURTHER SURVEILLANCE PRIOR TO RETURN TO SERVICE.