- Date
- June 25, 1985, 05:15 local (09:15 UTC)
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9165PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850625027909A
- Case key
- 31418
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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 plt was landing after a x-country flt when the right wing & the prop contacted the rwy. The plt stated that the gear had collapsed during a go-around. However, the landing gear was intact, except for impact damage on the right main gear. No gear malfunction or preimpact failure was found. The plt's last physical exam was on 8/2/81, but the issuance of a new medical certificate was denied.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9165P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4653
- Airframe hours
- 8,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skyroamers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1985
- Departed
- SPG · St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport
- OPE · Opa-Locka, runway 18L, 4,374 × 244 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 22,500 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 16 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.
Other investigations on N9165P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.