# NTSB MIA85IA197: Piper PA-28R-200, N5033T, Ft. Pierce, FL, June 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1985, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Pierce, FL
- Location: 27.4975° N, 80.3726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TREASURE COAST INTL (FPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4975&lon=-80.3726&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): 31291
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85IA197
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31291/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA197

## 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
  - terrain condition - runway
  - gear extension - not performed, dual student (cause)
  - checklist - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - supervision - poor, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - procedures/directives - inadequate, dual student (cause)
  - inattentive, dual student (cause)

## Analysis

THE LANDING CHECK LIST WAS NOT PROPERLY FOLLOWED AND BOTH PILOTS NEGLECTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5033T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5033T-1996-11-18), registration cancelled 1996-11-18, S/N 28R7235180 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-7235180
- Airframe hours: 7422
- Engines: LYCOMING I0360 CIC 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Flight Safety Int'L,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 6, 1985, 26 hours before
- Departed: VRB, VERO BEACH, FL
- Airport: FPR, St. Lucie County Intern., runway 14, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; airline transport, flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 3,390 total, 397 in this make and model, 2,712 as pilot in command, 292 in the last 90 days, 95 in the last 30 days, 60 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 82 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: VRB, 10 nm away

## 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 19850619037679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850619037679I), Jun 19, 1985: Piper PA28R200, Ft Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Private pilot and instructor failed to lower gear for landing.

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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