- Date
- June 18, 1985, 18:28 local (22:28 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25701Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850618064429I
- Case key
- 31290
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft wing dropped to the rwy after lndg. The CFI said that the lndg was smooth with the student plt at the controls. When the wing started dropping the CFI said he took the controls but could not keep the wing up. Post acc invest showed that the left main lndg gear attachment had separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25701
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0057
- Airframe hours
- 1,775
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Rod Fla,Inc., doing business as Int'L Flight Center,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 30, 1985 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- TMB
- Airport
- TMB · Tamiami, runway 9, 5,002 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,350 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 179 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 30 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.