# NTSB investigations, 1987: Complete 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 MIA88IA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA028.md): Beech 99 · Gulfport, MS · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 1987 · N6724D · Minor damage
  > While on a part 135 scheduled domestic passenger flt during final apch, the nose landing gear failed to fully extend. The plt recycled the gear, but the gear failed to fully extend. He then attempted to lower the gear using the emergency method, again, with…
- [NTSB MIA88LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA010.md): Beech A-90 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1987 · N601TA · Substantial damage
  > After the plt placed the master switch on to start the engines the landing gear collapsed. He stated that the passenger, in the co-plt seat, bumped the landing gear handle into the up position. The passenger stated that he did not. Insp of the acft revealed…
- [NTSB FTW87LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA204.md): Beech F50 · Terlingua, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1987 · N5629D · Substantial damage
  > The owner, who occupied the right front seat, stated that he retracted the landing gear during the landing roll inadvertently instead of the flaps. The PIC never responded in writing concerning the actions he took during the accident.
- [NTSB DEN87LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA154.md): Mooney M20E · Harwood, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 1987 · N6933U · Substantial damage
  > The plt was landing his Mooney M20E on a private grass airstrip. He said he lowered the manual landing gear and thought he felt the thumblock snap into place. Upon touchdown the landing gear folded up and the acft slid to a stop, resulting in substantial…
- [NTSB ATL87LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA133.md): Beech E-55 · Spartanburg, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 6, 1987 · N713DM · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that he lowered the ldg gear and observed a down-and-locked indication on the ldg gear position light on final appch. During rollout, he felt a severe vibration in the nose gear and pulled back on the yoke in an attempt to reduce it. He then…

## 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") = 1987
  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" = 194)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=194&year=1987

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