# NTSB MIA83IA009: Beech A-36, N2864W, Daytona, FL, October 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: October 13, 1983, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Daytona, FL
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30825
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83IA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30825/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83IA009

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - cracked (cause)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. THEGEAR ARM WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN BENT AND CRACKED AFTER THE GEAR COLLAPSED POSSIBLY DUE TO LOW GEAR DOWN TENSION. A NEW LEFT LEFT GEAR UP BRACKET HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED. AN ANNUAL INSPECTION SIGNOFF WAS PENDING THIS INSTALLATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2864W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech A-36
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-450
- Airframe hours: 2005
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ross Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 12, 1983, 6 hours before
- Departed: ORL, ORLANDO, FL
- Destination: DAB, DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: DAB, Daytona Beach Regional, runway 6, 3,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,852 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Observed at: DAB

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19831013073999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831013073999I), Oct 13, 1983: Beech A36, Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. Left main landing gear collapsed on the landing roll. Low gear down tension prevented lockdown. Recent annual.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.