# NTSB investigations, 1985: 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 NYC86LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA056.md): Piper PA-28-140 · Frankfort, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 29, 1985 · N9949W · Substantial damage > The plt diverted to Frankfort-highland en route from his original destination of utica, NY, because of IFR weather at utica. The plt stated that as the nose wheel settled to the rwy during touchdown, it dug into snow on the rwy and the acft nosed over. It was… - [NTSB ATL86LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA036.md): Cessna 152 · Hickory, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1985 · N44687 · Substantial damage > Student pilot was returning from a solo cross country flight. In his report the student said he flew a long final with the VASI showing a proper descent angle. The acft was landed with a shallow flare touching down in a flat attitude. It bounced, bounced… - [NTSB CHI85LA388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA388.md): Cessna 152 · Delta, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1985 · N24278 · Substantial damage > The plt was performing a soft fld landing. When the nose wheel settled onto the airstrip it dug into the soft terrain, collapsed and the acft nosed over. - [NTSB ATL85LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA241.md): Cessna 172M · Peachtree City, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1985 · N61769 · Substantial damage > Pilot was renewing proficiency in light acft. On first touch and go landing, according to his statement during phone interview, he flared, acft ballooned, landed hard and porpoised. During ensuing roll out nose of acft settled and prop contacted runway. Acft… - [NTSB NYC85LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA176.md): Piper PA-22-108 · Hookstown, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1985 · N5322Z · Substantial damage > The instructor and student were practicing normal takeoffs and landings. According to the pilot, on the sixth landing, at the correct airspeed, the aircraft touched down on the main gear and then the noise wheel collapsed. The aircraft then nosed over.… - [NTSB MIA85IA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA211.md): Cessna R182 · Jacksonville, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 1985 · N6289T · Minor damage > The plt stated that he made a normal touchdown & on his landing rollout the nose gear collapsed. The landing gear was cycled several times after this occurrence & no abnormality was observed. No determination could be made of the malfunction of the landing… - [NTSB CHI85LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA270.md): Cessna 310D · Carbondale, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 1985 · N1729K · Substantial damage > The acft was landing at dest arpt after a two hr xcountry flt. At gear ext no green light. Pilot recycled gear but still no light. Emergency ext used and three green indicated. On ld roll nose gear collapsed. Uplock arm tube was broken on the nose gear. - [NTSB FTW85LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA218.md): Cessna 421 · Mckinney, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 10, 1985 · N888K · Substantial damage > After landing while taxiing on the rwy, the acft's nose wheel started bogging down in soft asphalt on the rwy. The soft asphalt was pushed along in front of the wheel until it caused enough resistance to overstress the nose gear causing it to collapse. The… - [NTSB ANC85LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA067.md): Cessna 150D · Wasilla, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 1985 · N5947T · Substantial damage > The primary cause of this accident was the airplane striking the soft spot on the runway. Underlying factors were the pilot in command's inability to distinguish the soft runway surface from surrounding runway surfaces, and the unusually warm temperatures for… - [NTSB MIA85IA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA152.md): Cessna 402C · West Palm Beach, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 1985 · N6879Y · Minor damage > The nose gear collapsed on touchdown. An exam of the nose gear actuating rod, the only positive down lock, revealed that it had been improperly adjusted. - [NTSB MIA85LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA108.md): Piper PA-23-250 · Brunswick, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 1, 1985 · N6429Y · Substantial damage > The plt stated that his takeoff roll was normal, but just before he rotated, the nose gear collapsed. No determination could be made as to the nature of the malfunction during a post crash exam & retraction test of the landing gear. - [NTSB MKC85LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA061.md): Cessna 320 · Lee'S Summit, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1985 · N5704X · Substantial damage > When plt lowered landing gear he did not get a safe indication. Gear appeared to be down and warning horn did not sound when throttles were retarded; however, nose gear collapsed during landing roll. Examination of system did not reveal reason for collapse… - [NTSB FTW85LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA122.md): Cessna 310G · Austin, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 1985 · N2916R · Substantial damage > During takeoff, the plt heard a loud noise as the gear was retracted. He continued to the destination, but when he arrived, he was unable to get a safe nose gear indication. During the landing, the plt delayed lowering the nose & kept the weight on the main… - [NTSB LAX85LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA135.md): Beech 65 · Camarillo, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 10, 1985 · N212Y · Substantial damage > An inspection of rwy 8 disclosed the acft touched down on the two main gear simultaineously, followed immediately by thecollapse of the nose gear. The acft's nose & both propellers contacted the rwy, with no indication of a yaw. The nose gear actuator ass'y… - [NTSB ATL85LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA094.md): Champion 7FC · Louisville, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 1985 · N7507E · Substantial damage > The student plt departed from a snow covered rwy & proceeded on a solo x-country. When he returned, the nosewheel broke thru the snow crusted surface & collapsed, then the acft nosed over. The plt said there were ruts on the rwy from other acft which caused… ## 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") = 1985 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=1985 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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