- Date
- September 24, 1987, 18:32 local (22:32 UTC)
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61BTAero Commander 560-F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870924059809A
- Case key
- 31970
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated that he had just completed his third touch & go ldg when the gear collapsed while the acft was on the rwy. A plt/mechanic who assisted in removing the acft from the rwy stated that just after the accident, he peered into the cockpit & observed the ldg gear handle safety lock was not in place. He stated the plt was known to conduct touch & go ldgs without the lock in place. After the accident, the ldg gear was examined & no evidence of malfunction or failure was noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61BT
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 560-F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1405-66
- Airframe hours
- 1,930
- Engine
- Lycoming IGO-540-B1A, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Courtney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 1987 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- OPF
- Airport
- OPF · Opa Locka, runway 9L, 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,910 total · 41 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.