Accident: Piper PA 34
Aug 13, 2016 · Fort Lauderdale, FL
NTSB numberGAA16CA454Event id20160829X53416
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 3
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to ensure that the brake was fully engaged and his subsequent failure to notice that his airplane was rolling forward, which resulted in it hitting another airplane. The other pilot's failure to ensure that the brake was fully engaged and his subsequent failure to notice that his airplane was rolling forward, which resulted in it hitting another airplane.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved (2)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 34
- Registration
- N8166U
- Year built
- 1980
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) start-up Ground collision
- Aircraft
- Cessna 500
- Registration
- N70SW
- Year built
- 1974
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) not oper Ground collision
Source: National Transportation Safety Board aviation accident database. Counts only; Voydar holds no names.
Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE)0 nm (1 km) north-west
- Pompano Beach Airpark (PPM)4 nm (8 km) north-east
- Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 nm (13 km) south
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