- Date
- October 19, 1983, 06:55 local (10:55 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60925Cessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831019054909A
- Case key
- 31050
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was on a flt from miami, FL to cancum, Mexico when the plt elected to make an en route stop at Key West, FL to check the wx. During the landing, the left main gear collapsed. An exam revealed a wear pattern on the landing gear & fuselage structure in the vicinity of the upper end of the main landing gear spring installations. The fillet plate & seal around the upper end of the left landing gear spring were deformed & shattered. Also, the spring attach bolt had separated from the fuselage structure. Reportedly, the acft had made numerous landings on rough fields in central america. The owner resided in costa rica, his log books & records were not available for examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60925
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504075
- Engine
- Continental I0-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Delatorre
- Registered owner
- William H. Crone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TMBQ · Miami, FL
- Destination
- MUN · Cancum
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EYW · Key West Int'L., runway 9, 4,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 330 total · 34 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N60925 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.