- Date
- September 16, 1985, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Leesburg, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9213PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850916045479A
- Case key
- 31453
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he was taxiing on a smooth asphalt taxiway in preparation for takeoff when the landing gear collapsed. A post- accident examination of landing gear failed to reveal any malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation of the system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9213P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4709
- Airframe hours
- 2,126
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen A. Adams
- Registered owner
- Florida Lakes Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Destination
- OCF · Ocala, FL
- Airport
- LEE · Leesburg
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 688 total · 17 in this make and model · 571 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL
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 N9213P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.