# NTSB Accident MIA06LA074
> **Piper PA-44-180** · 2006-03-29 · Daytona Beach, FL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA06LA074
- **Event ID:** 20060405X00394
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-03-29
- **Location:** Daytona Beach, FL, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-44-180
- **Registration:** N938ER
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Failure of the nose landing gear upper drag brace assembly due to overload acting on an undetected forging defect formed during the initial forging of the brace.  A contributing factor in this accident was the runway distance remaining sign.

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