# NTSB MIA86LA003: Cessna 414, N24ET, Sarasota, FL, October 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 4, 1985, 11:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31531
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31531/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA003

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear shock absorbing strut - failure,partial (cause)
  - wheels up landing - intentional, pilot in command
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - jammed (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HIS RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND, SO HE CIRCLED THE ARPT FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR TO BURN OFF EXCESS FUEL, RETRACTED THE REMAINING GEAR & INTENTIONALLY LANDED GEAR UP ON RWY 32. EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING IT TO EXTEND BEYOND IT'S ACCEPTABLE LIMITS AND JAM IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N24ET (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 414-0525
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 SERI 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Obs Company Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1985, 200 hours before
- Departed: SRQ
- Airport: SRQ, Sarasota, runway 32, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 15,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 15,000 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 32 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 19851004049019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851004049019A), Oct 4, 1985: Cessna 414, Sarasota Braden, FL, Substantial damage. Right main gear strut failed, jammed gear in retracted position. Decided to land with all landing gears up.

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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