# NTSB investigations, 1983: Gear collapsed NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB ATL84LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA011.md): Beech 58 · Montgomery, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1983 · N218RC · Substantial damage > During an apch to land, the plt lowered the gear handle, but observed that the nose gear light did not come on & the right main gear light was flickering. Consequently, he recycled the gear operation. After that, he reportedly saw all 3 indicating down &… - [NTSB LAX83LA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA440.md): Beech A36 · Redding, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 15, 1983 · N67414 · Substantial damage > Reportedly, during the landing roll, the acft settled while the gear was in transit. At that time, the flaps were in the down position & were damaged. According to the plt, the gear lights were green. Later, he said that something may have gone wrong with the… - [NTSB MKC83LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA183.md): Beech M35 · Sioux City, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1983 · N555M · Substantial damage > The plt stated that the landing gear switch was down when he started tha takeoff roll. When the acft had accelerated to aprx 50 mph during the takeoff roll, the landing gear retracted/collapsed, nose wheel first, followed by the main gear. The plt stated that… - [NTSB ATL83IA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83IA302.md): Mooney M20C · St.Simonsisland, GA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 1983 · N9244V · Minor damage > Acft had neither a green light nor mechanical indication of safe gear confirmed by the tower. All landing gear collapsedon touchdown. The motor to actuator coupling which is common to both electric & manual landing gear systems failed. - [NTSB ATL83FA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA282.md): Piper PA-34-22OT · Atlanta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1983 · N8387X · Substantial damage > The acft was on a takeoff roll when the left main and nose gear retracted. Investigation revealed a flt switch for the hobbs meter had been installed to automatically record only flt time when the switch was in the flt position. In this postion the hobbs… - [NTSB MKC83IA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83IA152.md): Beech E18S · Cedar Rapids, IA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1983 · N5600D · Minor damage > The tailwheel failed to extend fully due to a lack of lubrication. The acft was landed normally and the tailwheel collapsed. - [NTSB ATL83FA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA189.md): Piper PA-30 · Atlanta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 17, 1983 · N8450Y · Substantial damage > According to the plt, he extended the gear, got a safe gear down indication & made an approach with the flaps retracted. The gear warning was not heard. The plt stated that after the acft rolled about 1500 ft after touchdown, and with all 3 gear on the… - [NTSB FTW83LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA237.md): Beech 58 · Georgetown, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 12, 1983 · N4274A · Substantial damage > The plt stated that during the landing, the initial touchdown on the main gear was normal. However, when the nose gear came in contact with the rwy, there was a brief hesitation, then the nose settled & the propellers struck the rwy. The plt applied back… - [NTSB MKC83LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA080.md): Mooney M20F · Springfield, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 22, 1983 · N3386X · Substantial damage > The aircraft sustained damage when the left main and nose gears collapsed while the pilot was taxiing in from landing. The aircraft landed on runway 31 and had begun a right turn onto a taxiway when the nose gear and then the left main gear retracted. The… - [NTSB ANC83IA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83IA058.md): Piper PA34-200T · Palmer, AK · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1983 · N47895 · Minor damage > During touch go landing the student pilot placed the landinggear handle in the up polition while still on the ground, and immediately placed it in the down position. The gear collapsed. The instructor stated that the student appeared to be fatigued. - [NTSB ATL83LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA098.md): Piper PA-30 · Charleston, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 1983 · N1810M · Substantial damage > The plt stated that the landing gear collapsed after acft had rolled aprx 1200 ft during the landing. An exam of the acft revealed that the gear retraction transmission was torn out of its fuselage bulkhead mount, the landing gear push-pull cable rod ends… - [NTSB CHI83LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA088.md): Beech 95-C55 · St. Jacob, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 20, 1983 · N5712V · Substantial damage > The pilot reported that during the landing roll, he inadvertently retracted the gear. ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1983 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 190) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=190&year=1983 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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