# Accident 19850916045479A: Piper PA24260, Leesburg, FL, September 16, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1985, 15:30 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9213P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9213P-1989-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 688 total, 17 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850916045479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAXI, FOLLOWED BY LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION FOUND

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA85LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA257), Sep 16, 1985: Piper PA-24-260 (N9213P), Leesburg, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9213P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890610015089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890610015089A), Jun 10, 1989: Piper PA24260 (N9213P), Naked Island, AK, Destroyed. Fuel pressure fluctuated, lost manifold pressure then engine quit. Ditched in gulf. Rescued. Aircraft sank.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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