28.0395° N, 81.9498° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 16, 1987 · 18:25 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N23LM
Reported as
Piper PA60600A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,700 total967 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Nose gear collapsed after touchdown. Suspect internal leakage in hydraulic power pack.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. SUSPECT INTERNAL LEAKAGE IN HYDRAULIC POWER PACK.