# Incident 20250808011629I: Piper PA-34-200, Hollywood, FL, August 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2025, 10:30 local time
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0013° N, 80.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PERRY (HWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0013&lon=-80.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1380T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1380T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 35,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250808011629I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 EDT ON 08/08/2025 AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS BEING USED TO CONDUCT A CHECK RIDE AT HWO. AFTER TWO LANDINGS AND TAKE-OFFS A PILOT FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT RELAYED THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. THE PILOTS RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR THREE TIMES WITH NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS IN THE COCKPIT OR VIBRATIONS. SOON AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 10R, THE RIGHT WING STARTED TO DIP, AND THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE. APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AFTER THE WING DIPPED THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY JUST PRIOR TO SCRAPE MARKS FROM THE COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND THE STEP FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AND CAME TO REST HALFWAY OFF THE RUNWAY.

THE FORWARD TRUNNION ON RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN HORIZONTALLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CENTER HOLE. THE LOWER HALF OF THE HOLE WAS BROKEN FROM THE RETAINING RING OUT. THE LANDING GEAR FORWARD SWING RETAINER TUBE, BOLT, AND BUSHING WERE ATTACHED TO THE LANDING GEAR. THE LANDING GEAR AFT SWING WAS DAMAGED FROM SLIDING ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND WAS NOT IDENTIFIABLE AS TO THE CONDITION. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL NEAR THE LANDING GEAR’S TOP POSITION, CONSISTENT WITH A HARD LANDING. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE RIGHT FLAP WAS DAMAGED FROM THE TIRE, AND THE STEP WAS BROKEN AT THE MOUNT DUE TO THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING. THE TIRE HAD A BALD SPOT AND HOLE FROM DRAGGING ON THE RUNWAY AFTER THE COLLAPSE.

MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOWED NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND TRUNNIONS APPROXIMATELY 80 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N1380T (9)

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

- [Incident 20250914012599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250914012599I), Sep 14, 2025: Piper PA-34-200 (N1380T), Fort Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Was being utilized for instructional flight. At approximately 12:52PM local time following a touch and go on runway 27, the pilot…
- [Incident 20250209012839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250209012839I), Feb 9, 2025: Piper PA-34-200 (N1380T), Ochopee, FL, Minor damage. Part 65/91 operation, Piper PA-34, serial number 34-7250302, with one flight instructor and one student pilot. Aircraft sustained minor damage to lower forward…
- [Incident 20120814027079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120814027079I), Aug 14, 2012: Piper PA-34-200 (N1380T), Lancaster, TX, Minor damage. Video surveillance for Lancaster airport showed aircraft traveling approximately 1004 ft iver a tune if about 4.5 seconds. Aircraft was calculated to be…
- [Incident 20100806041469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100806041469I), Aug 6, 2010: Piper PA-34-200 (N1380T), Medford, NJ, Minor damage. Mr fadel was an applicant taking a practicial test for his commercial multiengine instrument airplane certificate. When on a short field approach, which was…
- [Incident 20020706017839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020706017839I), Jul 6, 2002: Piper PA34200 (N1380T), Lumberton, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) During an instructional period the student, a private pilot, raised the landing gear during the landing phase. This was due to excessive loss of altitude…
- [Incident 19970722025119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970722025119I), Jul 22, 1997: Piper PA34200 (N1380T), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Unsafe gear. Diverted. Nose gear collapsed landing. Steering horn broke. Tow limits exceeded a suspect.
- [Incident 19940721035469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940721035469I), Jul 21, 1994: Piper PA34200 (N1380T), Wrightstown, NJ, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot stated during landing roll-out, the left main landing gear collapsed. An inspection of this aircraft revealed the left prop tips received…
- [Incident 19920721039399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920721039399I), Jul 21, 1992: Piper PA34200 (N1380T), PA, Minor damage. Unsafe gear on takeoff. Motor breaker popped. Returned. Nose gear collapsed. Bolt broke at drag link assembly.
- [Incident 19900611039459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900611039459I), Jun 11, 1990: Piper PA34200 (N1380T), Vincentown, NJ, Minor damage. Aircraft departed end of runway after blowing both main gear tires.

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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