- Date
- June 10, 1987, 08:32 local (12:32 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51PJGreco Bruno Dolphin 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870610019969A
- Case key
- 31924
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Level off - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The pilot stated that the acft stalled during the flare to touchdown, landed hard, & collapsed the rt main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51PJ
- Reported as
- Greco Bruno Dolphin 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- GB-007
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jorge E. Beltran
- Registered owner
- Greco-Bruno Aircraft Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- TMB · Tamiami, runway 9L, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N51PJRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Greco-Bruno DOLPHIN IAirframe modelGreco-Bruno DOLPHIN IEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.