# NTSB MIA91LA070: Piper PA-31-350, N27759, Orlando, FL, January 19, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1991, 09:14 local (14:14 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Coordinates: 28.419654, -81.299774 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4197&lon=-81.2998&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32814
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA91LA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32814/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA070

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES RESULTING IN A GEARUP LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP.  THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONALLY TESTED & OPERATED NORMALLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N27759](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27759-2011-04-08), registration cancelled 2011-04-08, S/N 31-7852150, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (registry code 7103110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-7852150
- Airframe hours: 12073
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-540-J2BD 350 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Top Flight Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner: Top Flight Air Service, Inc.
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 11, 1991, 15 hours before
- Departed: MLB, MELBOURNE, FL
- Airport: MCO, Orlando Int'L, runway 18, 12,004 × 300 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 3,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 2,500 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: MCO, 1 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 19910119035219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910119035219A), Jan 19, 1991: Piper PA31350, Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. Landed gear up. Pilot claimed gear was down and collapsed on roll. Witnesses observed gear up landing. No defects.

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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