# NTSB MIA85LA108: Piper PA-23-250, N6429Y, Brunswick, GA, March 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 1, 1985, 18:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Brunswick, GA
- Coordinates: 31.149406, -81.479583 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1494&lon=-81.4796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31358
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31358/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA108

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HIS TAKEOFF ROLL WAS NORMAL, BUT JUST BEFORE HE ROTATED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION DURING A POST CRASH EXAM & RETRACTION TEST OF THE LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6429Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6429Y-1993-12-14), registration cancelled 1993-12-14, S/N 274385 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 274385
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: William G. Walton
- Registered owner: William G. Walton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: SAV, SAVANNAH, GA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BQK, Glynco Jetport, runway 7, 8,000 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; commercial, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 7,100 total, 3,505 in this make and model, 6,800 as pilot in command, 424 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SAV, 75 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).

- [Accident 19850301005689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850301005689A), Mar 1, 1985: Piper PA23250, Brunswick, GA, Substantial damage. Nose gear collapsed during takeoff roll. No determination of cause.

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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