# NTSB MIA85LA200: Piper PA-28-160, N5744W, Daytona Beach, FL, June 26, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 26, 1985, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Location: 29.2108° N, 81.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daytona Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2108&lon=-81.0228&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): 31419
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA200
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31419/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA200

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - flare - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT HAD BEEN PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON HIS THIRD LANDING, HE PERMITTED TOO STEEP AN APCH AND THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RWY PRIOR TO THE MAIN GEAR. A PORPOISING ACTION THEN DEVELOPED WHICH WAS NOT ARRESTED PRIOR TO FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE ACFT LANDED WITH AN 8 KT 10 DEG LEFT TAILWIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5744W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5744W), registered now, S/N 28-1447, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-160
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (registry code 7102806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-1447
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-B 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Albert S. Horn
- Registered owner: Albert S. Horn,Jr.,DBA
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 19, 1985, 80 hours before
- Airport: 44J, Spruce Creek, runway 23, 3,300 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 48 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 30,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 8 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 19850626031219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850626031219A), Jun 26, 1985: Piper PA28160, Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot made a downwind landing on the nosewheel. Aircraft porpoised, resulting in a collapsed nose gear.

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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