# NTSB MIA87LA110: Cessna 170A, N1352D, Brandon, FL, March 15, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 15, 1987, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Brandon, FL
- Coordinates: 27.920497, -82.289855 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9205&lon=-82.2899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31876
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31876/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA110

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

UPON TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT DUE TO A HARD LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1352D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1352D-1995-07-11), registration cancelled 1995-07-11, S/N 20105 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20105
- Airframe hours: 2508
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Donald J.Ronald
- Registered owner: Donald J. Ronald
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 26, 1986, 11 hours before
- Airport: X18, Brandon, runway 9, 2,775 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 472 total, 70 in this make and model, 349 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 21 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 19870315005879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870315005879A), Mar 15, 1987: Cessna 170A, Brandon, FL, Substantial damage. The right main gear separated from the aircraft during a hard landing. The pilot may have applied brakes in flare.

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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