# Incident 20250114000329I: Piper PA-34-200T, Boca Raton, FL, January 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2025, 12:01 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Airport: Boca Raton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3785° N, 80.1077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOCA RATON (BCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3785&lon=-80.1077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8166U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8166U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250114000329I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND RUNWAY 05, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, AND 3 GREEN LIGHTS WERE VERIFIED, ON FINAL APPROACH AT 100 FEET BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER (ALSO A PILOT) CONFIRMED 3 GREEN LIGHTS AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHDOWN NORMALLY AND DECELERATED STRAIGHT AHEAD, AS IT THE DECELERATED THROUGH ABOUT 60 KNOTS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THEN NOSE LANDING COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8166U (1)

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

- [Accident 20160813014702A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160813014702A), Aug 13, 2016: Piper PA-34-200T (N8166U), Fort Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot of N8166U stated his aircraft inadvertently rolled into N70SW. N8166U had both engines running at the time of impact. The left propeller of N8166U struck…

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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