# NTSB MIA85LA229: Piper PA-32RT-300T, N6522C, Jacksonville, FL, August 12, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1985, 08:42 local (12:42 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&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): 31440
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31440/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA229

## 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
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command
  - gear extension - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ENROUTE HE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. DURING APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT HE COULD NOT GET THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND AND HE MADE A GEAR UP LANDING. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED. POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6522C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T (PA-32RT-30)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R-7887003
- Airframe hours: 1343
- Engines: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Clayton L. Flowers
- Registered owner: Teague And Nelson Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1974, 52 hours before
- Departed: OR1, ATMORE, AL
- Destination: 23J, JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JAX, Jacksonville Int'L, runway 7, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 715 total, 8 in this make and model, 566 as pilot in command, 48 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAX

## 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 19850812041649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850812041649A), Aug 12, 1985: Piper PA32RT300T, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed wheels up. The pilot did not use the emergency gear extension when normal system did not work.

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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