# NTSB MIA83IA239: Piper PA-32R-300, N301WA, Orlando, FL, September 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: September 25, 1983, 13:56 local (17:56 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Coordinates: 28.570091, -81.319511 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5701&lon=-81.3195&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): 30836
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83IA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30836/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83IA239

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - hydraulic system,motor - failure,total (cause)
  - landing gear,emergency extension assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - landing gear,emergency extension assembly - foreign object damage (cause)

## Analysis

ACFT MADE AN INTENTIONAL GEAR UP LANDING AFTER BOTH NORMAL & EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HYDRAULIC PUMP MOTOR HAD FAILED. NORMAL & EMERGENCY SYSTEMS WERE INTERDEPENDENT. THE EMERGENCY GEAR DIAPHRAGM WAS BLOCKED BY MUD DAUBER MATERIAL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N301WA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N301WA-1992-02-11), registration cancelled 1992-02-11, S/N 32R7780411 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32R-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (registry code 7103213) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R7780411
- Airframe hours: 1650
- Engines: AVCO LYCOMING IO540-R16TO 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gambill Construction Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 15, 1983, 12 hours before
- Departed: IKB, WILKESBORO
- Destination: ORL, ORLANDO, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ORL, Orlando, runway 7, 5,998 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,868 total, 850 in this make and model, 3,560 as pilot in command, 277 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: ORL

## 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 19830925074961I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830925074961I), Sep 25, 1983: Piper PA32R300, Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Unable to lower landing gear by normal or emergency extension. Landed gear up.

## Other investigations on N301WA (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC89FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA099), Mar 12, 1989: Piper PA-32R-300 (N301WA), Southbridge, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT BY FLYING WHILE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL, AND HIS CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). RELATED FACTORS WERE: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE…

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.

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