# Incident 20260414009779I: Piper PA-31-350, Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 14, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2026, 17:31 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N777HZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777HZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (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-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,599 total, 5 in this make and model, 171 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260414009779I

## Narrative

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

NTSB ACCIDENT NO.: N/A  ATQA:A-SO-19-26-034 SAS PTRS NO.: SO19202604469 TASK ID:T-SO19-FY26-0637 REGISTRATION: NXXXXMAKE: PIPER MODEL: PA-31-350 SERIAL NUMBER: XXXX WHEN: APRIL 14, 2026 WHERE: HWO WHAT: ON APRIL 14, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 1808 LOCAL TIME, NXXXX EXPERIENCED A RUNWAY EXCURSION AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 10R,  THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORT DAMAGE REPORTED. 2 SOB, NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED THE PIC AS XXXXXXXX COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE XXXXXXX WITH THE FOLLOWING RATING ASL AND AML, INSTRUMENT. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED PIC HAD ONLY 5.7 HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. ALSO IDENTIFIED DURING INVESTIGATION, FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AS MAINTENANCE/VERIFICATION FLIGHT WITH MECHANIC ON BOARD XXXXXXX A&P CERTIFICATE XXXXXXX FOR UPCOMING FERRY FLIGHT TO HAITI. INSPECTION OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED AIRCRAFT NOT RETURNED TO SERVICE BY MECHANIC, AWAITING TEST FLIGHT. THIS IS CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS. PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT  ON APRIL 21.2026 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING DISCREPANCIES: RIGHT ENGINE ALTERNATOR BELT CHAFFED AND LEFT ENGINE STARTER ELECTRICAL WIRE CHAFFING AGAINST INTAKE TUBE. THESE ITEMS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CORRECTED.

ADS B DATA REVEALS NORMAL APPROACH SPEED.

THE FAA  DETERMINES THE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) OF THIS INCIDENT TO BE:

PILOT ERROR, THE PILOTS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING.

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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