# Accident 20250820021299A: Piper PA-32R-300, Miami, FL, August 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2025, 17:17 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Kendall-Tamiami Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.6500° N, 80.4300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6500&lon=-80.4300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N990DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N990DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250820021299A

## Narrative

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

NTSB ACCIDENT NO.: ERA25LA314  ATQA: A-SO-19-25-056 SAS PTRS NO.: SO19202507114 TASK ID: T-SO19-FY26-0003 REGISTRATION: NXXXX ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHEN: AUGUST 20,  2025 WHERE: MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT : PART 91, ON AUGUST 20, 2025, A PIPER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REGISTERED AS NXXXX, , PILOTED BY XXXXXXXXXXXXX REPORTED A WARN GEAR UNSAFE INDICATOR,  UPON LANDING THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AT MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 27L, 2 SOULS ON BOARD NO INJURIES.

ANALYSIS: THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ENROUTE THE “WARN GEAR UNSAFE” INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND A DECREASE IN AIRSPEED WAS OBSERVED. AFTER CONFIRMING THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO REACH THE DESTINATION THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR

SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT THE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT THEN FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, BUT THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS STILL DID NOT ILLUMINATE, SO HE ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE HIGH G MANEUVERS TO

ATTEMPT TO LOCK THE LANDING GEAR TO NO AVAIL. HE THEN PERFORMED A LOW PASS OF THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER WHO REPORTED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE.

POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM CONTAINED ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF FLUID. THE SYSTEM WAS THEN SERVICED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID AND OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOUND THAT HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS

LEAKING FROM A CRACKED FITTING. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, IT IS LIKELY THAT THE INFLIGHT LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID THROUGH THE CRACKED FITTING RESULTED IN THE SYSTEM FAILING TO OPERATE AS INTENDED.

PROBABLE CAUSE AND FINDINGS

THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION DETERMINES THE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) OF THIS ACCIDENT TO BE: AN INFLIGHT LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM THROUGH A CRACKED FITTING, WHICH RESULTED IN A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE UPON TOUCHDOWN.

## 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 ERA25LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA314), Aug 20, 2025: Piper PA32R (N990DM), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inflight loss of hydraulic fluid from the landing gear system through a cracked fitting, which resulted in a landing gear collapse upon touchdown.

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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