- Date
- October 5, 1985, 14:22 local (18:22 UTC)
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4007KNorth American Navion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851005049059A
- Case key
- 31534
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that while doing touch-and-go landings at quincy, FL, the left main strut fell off the acft. He then returned to Tallahassee and made an intentional gear-up landing. Examination of the main landing gear scissor ass'y revealed that it failed due to overload conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4007K
- Reported as
- North American Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-1007
- Airframe hours
- 3,805
- Engine
- Continental E-185-3, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter M. Foe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 7, 1985
- Departed
- 2J9 · Quincy, FL
- Destination
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Airport
- TLH · Tallahassee, runway 27L, 8,000 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 67 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH
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 N4007K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.