# NTSB investigations, 1983: Nose 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 NYC84LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA062.md): Piper PA-23-250 · West Mifflin, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 1983 · N14360 · Substantial damage > During the cockpit preflight the plt noticed an unsafe nose gear indication. The plt checked the nose gear & could see nothing unusual, & concluded that there was a faulty indicating system. During rotation the nose gear collapsed & this acft slid down the… - [NTSB MIA84LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA046.md): Beech 35 · Lake City, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 15, 1983 · N444D · Substantial damage > The plt landed with the nose gear partially extended. The plt reported that he heard a crack while the landing gear was retracting after takeoff. He put the gear handle back down and continued to Lake City. After flying several low passes, the control tower… - [NTSB MIA84IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA037.md): Cessna 182-RG · Jacksonville, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1983 · N61125 · Minor damage > On landing touchdown the nosegear collapsed and the acft slid to a stop. One of the nose gear lock pins was found failed. - [NTSB SEA84LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA024.md): Cessna A150K Aerobat · Nr. Wrangell, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 1983 · N8403M · Substantial damage > The acft nosed over during landing on a snow covered sand bar. The weather was VMC. The plt said he underestimated the depth of the snow and upon landing the nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over. - [NTSB FTW84LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA053.md): Cessna 310Q · Amarillo, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 8, 1983 · N218JW · Substantial damage > The plt was starting a flt to reposition the acft from the tradewind arpt to the Amarillo intl arpt. He reported that he had started to takeoff on rwy 17, then aborted to avoid a Cessna 182. He reported the Cessna 182 plt was crossing rwy 17, on his way to… - [NTSB ATL84LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA036.md): Cessna 210 · Charelston, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 4, 1983 · N8866A · Substantial damage > While on downwind for a second touch and go landing the plt lowered the landing gear but received a safe indication only on the nose gear. After 2 hours of additional flights and 5 attempts to lower the gear the plt was forced to land with the unsafe… - [NTSB ATL84LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA034.md): Cessna 150A · Dauphin Island, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1983 · N6673T · Substantial damage > The acfts nose gear collapsed during landing. The student plt was on a solo training mission to practice landings. The plt said he made a normal landing and as the nose gear was lowered he added slight right rudder to hold a roll parallel to the rwy… - [NTSB NYC83LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA259.md): Cessna 182N · Binghamton, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1983 · N9174G · Substantial damage > While landing in calm wind conditions, the nose gear reportedly collapsed on touchdown. - [NTSB MIA83FA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA224.md): Cessna 402C · Tampa, FL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1983 · N29PB · Substantial damage > Before landing, the plt moved the gear handle to the extend position & all 3 green gear down lights illuminated. However, when the nose was lowered after touchdown, the nose gear collapsed. An investigation revealed that the rod end, pn MS2124254K, on the… - [NTSB NYC83LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA175.md): Cessna 172N · Colts Neck, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1983 · N73749 · Substantial damage > Reportedly, the plt-in-command (PIC) was on an annual flt check with an instructor plt (CFI) on board. The flying club had a requirement for an annual, club proficiency, check flt. During the flt, the check plt asked the PIC to land at the Colts Neck arpt. He… - [NTSB ATL83LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA214.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Westminster, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 1983 · N16402 · Substantial damage > The plt stated that he intended to fly to a 1600 ft private strip with trees on both ends. During the approach, he had planned to make a full stop landing. However, after touchdown, he decided to make it a touch-and-go landing. After lift-off, he felt the… - [NTSB ATL83LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA166.md): Beech C-23 · Birmingham, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 1983 · N6022Y · Destroyed > The acft nose gear collapsed during landing on a student solo flt. The student and CFI flew a dual flt first and some airwork and 3 landings were accomplished. The 1st landing after the CFI got out of the acft was nose first with a bounceand a go-around. This… - [NTSB NYC83LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA079.md): Cessna T210L · New Haven, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 20, 1983 · N121RJ · Substantial damage > According to an FAA interview, while on approach the plt did not identify the runway lights properly and landed to the left of the edge lights to runway 34. The acft landed off the runway in soft turf and the nose gear collapsed. - [NTSB MKC83IA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83IA063.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 · Salina, KS · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 5, 1983 · N709US · Minor damage > The acft was on a flt from pitsburg, pa to Salina, KS with an en route stop at st louis, MO. During a briefing at pitsburg, the plt was advised of a NOTAM that the north 6800 ft of rwy 17/35 was closed, rwy lights obscured, 10 ft snowbanks. He did not get a… - [NTSB SEA83LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA048.md): Cessna 150M · Mesa, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 30, 1983 · N66762 · Substantial damage > During a short/soft field landing, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft nosed over. The instructor was demonstratingthe landing at a private airstrip. He reported that upon touchdown, the aircraft rolled about 50 feet, then the nose gear dug in and the… - [NTSB NYC83IA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83IA056.md): Smith, Ted Aerostar 600 Aerostar · Philadelphia, PA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 25, 1983 · N9759Q · Minor damage > The aircraft veered off the runway during landing. The weather was VMC at the time. When the landing gear was lowered for landing no discrepancies were noted by the pilot prior to touchdown. During touchdown the aircraft veered to the left. The pilot took… ## 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" = 192) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=192&year=1983 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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