- Date
- October 7, 1985, 12:16 local (16:16 UTC)
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9135YPiper PA-31-310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851007054659A
- Case key
- 31536
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Analysis
The plt stated that on final apch after lowering the landing gear he got an unsafe gear light. He then flew by the twr & the controller stated that the gear appeared to be down. He then recycled the landing gear & received a normal gear down indication. Upon touchdown the right main landing gear collapsed & the acft slid off the rwy into the grass. Post crash investigation revealed no evidence of broken components. Inspection of the acft maint records revealed the left & right main landing gear downlocks had been adjusted two flts prior to this occurrence. Addtionally it was learned that the right main landing gear fell into a hole while the acft was taxiing on the flt prior to this occurrecne.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9135Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-182
- Airframe hours
- 5,129
- Engine
- Lycoming TSI-540-A1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Colonial City Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 7, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- OPF · Opa-Locka, runway 9L, 8,000 × 200 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,315 total · 36 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA
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 N9135Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.