Piper PA44 N156WM
21 December 2025 · Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 December 2025 at about 15:41 local time, a Piper PA44 registered N156WM, operated by Fixed Wing Holding Company Inc, was involved in an accident near Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:41
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- North Perry (HWO)
- Coordinates
- 26.0038, -80.4412
- Aircraft
- Piper PA44
- Registration
- N156WM
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2002
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Fixed Wing Holding Company Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Hollywood → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA26LA082
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
An in-flight collision with a bird while on approach to the destination airport.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot and the flight instructor were approaching the destination airport for landing when they noticed a large flock of birds. The flight instructor reported that, while maneuvering to avoid the birds, one of the birds struck the left side of the airplane’s stabilator, substantially damaging it. The pilots subsequently landed the airplane at the destination airport.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 16 May 2019 | Piper PA44 | Centralia, Illinois, United States | Airgo Inc | Minor injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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