# NTSB MIA86LA130: Piper PA-60, N90676, Panama City, FL, April 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1986, 07:07 local (13:07 UTC)
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Coordinates: 30.169179, -85.670593 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1692&lon=-85.6706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31609
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31609/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA130

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total (cause)
  - hydraulic system - leak (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT ON HIS APCH HE HAD A GEAR DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION BUT ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COMPLETELY COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RWY. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO A HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N90676](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90676-2018-01-29), registration cancelled 2018-01-29, S/N 600331122, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-60
- Registry model: [Smith AEROSTAR 600](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (registry code 8360602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 60-0331-122
- Airframe hours: 1800
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-K1F5 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Cherokee Express Air Cargo Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 1, 1986
- Departed: TLH, TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Airport: PFN, Panama City, runway 32, 6,308 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,074 total, 749 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TLH, 75 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 19860423013489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860423013489A), Apr 23, 1986: Piper PA60600, Panama City, FL, Substantial damage. Nose gear collapsed on the landing roll due to a leak in the actuator. Pilot stated he had 3 gear down lights.

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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