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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 551 · Opa Locka, FL · March 4, 2026

Date
March 4, 2026 · 16:30 local
Place
Opa Locka, FL
Airport
Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airp
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N228MH
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA26LA136
Reported as
Cessna 551
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
25,000 total

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.

At 2138, privacy data omitted was on an IFR approach to rwy 9L and stated they were going missed due to a faulty gear indication. privacy data omitted Came back around for two more low approaches to have the tower look at the gear. Both times the gear appeared to be down. privacy data omitted Then came back around a fourth time and landed rwy 9L at 2213. Upon landing the right main collapsed and the right wing struck the ground causing a small fire. Fire was suppressed and no injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

AT 2138, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON AN IFR APPROACH TO RWY 9L AND STATED THEY WERE GOING MISSED DUE TO A FAULTY GEAR INDICATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CAME BACK AROUND FOR TWO MORE LOW APPROACHES TO HAVE THE TOWER LOOK AT THE GEAR. BOTH TIMES THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN CAME BACK AROUND A FOURTH TIME AND LANDED RWY 9L AT 2213. UPON LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING A SMALL FIRE. FIRE WAS SUPPRESSED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.