- Date
- June 2, 2026, 15:04 local (19:04 UTC)
- Place
- Opa-locka, FL · On airport
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N156WMPiper PA44
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Ground collision
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- Case key
- 203115
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N156WM
- Reported as
- Piper PA44 (180)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4496156
- Built
- 2002
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pelican Flight Training
- Registered owner
- Fixed Wing Holding Company Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- OPF · Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, runway 9R, 4,309 × 100 ft, asphalt
N156WMRegistered now · Piper PA-44-180Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N156WM · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.