# NTSB MIA84LA011: Cessna 185, N60925, Key West, FL, October 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 19, 1983, 06:55 local (10:55 UTC)
- Place: Key West, FL
- Coordinates: 24.549913, -81.780982 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5499&lon=-81.7810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31050
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31050/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA011

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60925-1989-05-17), registration cancelled 1989-05-17, S/N 18504075 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18504075
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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)

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

- [Accident 19831019054909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831019054909A), Oct 19, 1983: Cessna 185, Key West, FL, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on touchdown. Attach section wore from repeated rough field landings. Attach bolt missing.

## Other investigations on N60925 (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 MIA88LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA050), Dec 2, 1987: Cessna A185F (N60925), Naples, FL, substantial damage

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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