# NTSB MIA84LA239: Piper PA-28-180, N9146J, Gainesville, FL, August 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1984, 10:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Coordinates: 29.679708, -82.369277 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6797&lon=-82.3693&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): 31184
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31184/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA239

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,tire - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE NOSE GEAR TIRE BLEW OUT ON LANDING. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9146J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9146J), registered now, S/N 28-3201, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: KR-2
- Airframe hours: 1
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A3A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kenneth B. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: GNV, GAINESVILLE, FL
- Airport: APE, Naples Municipal, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,985 total, 1 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV

## 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 19840825043699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840825043699A), Aug 25, 1984: Piper PA28180, Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. Nose tire blowout during landing roll caused pilot to lose directional control and aircraft ran off runway.

## Other investigations on N9146J (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 MIA68F0023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68F0023), Jul 2, 1967: Piper PA-28 (N9146J), Doyle, TN, 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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