- Date
- October 10, 1995, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4587PPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19951010034439A
- Case key
- 37928
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane on landing resulted in a loss of control, sliding off the runway into a rock collapsing the landing gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane veered to the left of the runway on landing roll and collided with a rock collapsing the nose landing gear.
Factual narrative
On October 10, 1995 about 1640 eastern daylight time, N4587P, a Piper PA-23-250, experienced a nose gear collapse on landing at Opa Locka West Airport Opa Locka, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The commercial pilot reported no injuries and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated from Opa Locka Airport, Opa Locka, Florida, about 15 minutes earlier.
The pilot allowed the airplane to veer to the left on landing roll. The plane collided with a rock collapsing the nose landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4587P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-96
- Airframe hours
- 4,972
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Iqbal Saleem
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1995 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · FL
- Destination
- X46 · FL
- Airport
- X46 · Opa Locka West, runway 9, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 285 total · 22 in this make and model · 156 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.