# Accident 20251216019059A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 16, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2025, 17:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N472A-2026-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251216019059A

## Narrative

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

PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IN AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER 2843744 WITH TWO PILOTS. ONE WAS AN INSTRUCT AND ONE WAS A STUDENT. WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO'S WHEN AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR OF AIRCRAFT TO GO INTO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA26LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA074), Dec 16, 2025: Piper PA-28-181 (N472A), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare and the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent nose landing gear collapse.

## Other reports on N472A (1)

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

- [Incident 20230120000819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230120000819I), Jan 20, 2023: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 (N472A), Kinston, NC, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted]Struck a deer on the runway near mid field during takeoff roll. Aircraft landed and taxiied to the FBO.

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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