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NTSB investigations, 1983, FL

180,610 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,589 accidents, the rest incidents and other occurrences. Each has NTSB’s narrative and, once the investigation is done, its probable cause; since 2008, its findings and sequence of events.

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NTSB MIA84FA053Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 210M · West Palm Beach, FLAt 1926 the plt was cleared for the LOC bc arch for rwy 27R. At 1927 the acft acknowledged a clearance to land. 10 secs later the radar target disappeared. The plt was rescued at 2050 from the waters of the atlantic ocean about 1 mioff the Beach at West Palm…Dec 30, 1983 · N761HZ · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA052Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 737-201 · Near Tampa, FLPrior to departure, the captain reviewed available wx reports & was aware of the wx conditions, including current sigmets. He decided to fly a course that was parallel to a frontal sys until he could get to an area where he could continue to his destination.…Dec 29, 1983 · N811N · No damageNTSB MIA84FA051Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportGrumman C-164 · South Bay, FLAs the acft initiated a turn to start dusting, it was observed to lose altitude rapidly & collide with the ground. The acft was 470 lbs over max gross takeoff weight. The area was affected by gusty winds from the south, & the plt's initial turn to the field…Dec 28, 1983 · N647U · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA050Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210 · Ft. Myers, FLDuring tkof roll abt halfway down the rwy the plt noticed the acft was not accelerating normally. Aft liftoff he atmptd to return to the arpt however was forced to ditch the acft in the caloosahatche river due to a loss of pwr. Exam of the eng revealed that…Dec 23, 1983 · N9510T · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA049Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-12 · Ft. Lauderdale, FLThe acft crashed on the arpt in a steep nose down attitude after dropping a banner it was towing. The plt waved to the ground personnel and turned in a 60 degree bank nose high turn. After 180 degrees of turn the acft stalled, the nosefell through and the…Dec 22, 1983 · N7510H · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA048Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32-300 · Vero Beach, FLShortly after takeoff from rwy 29L the eng began to lose power. A turn back to the arpt was made when the eng quit & the acft struck trees & bushes about 350 ft short of rwy 11L. Teardown of the eng & fuel injector system revealed that the injector for the #5…Dec 21, 1983 · N4095R · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA047Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportRygg Volmer VJ22 · Oldmar, FLWitnesses observed the acft flying in a northerly direction over tampa bay at a height of 25 to 50 ft above the surface. Moments before crashing, the acft made an abrupt descent & passed under a power line that spinned the northern neck of the bay.…Dec 18, 1983 · N15RK · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA046Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech 35 · Lake City, FLThe plt landed with the nose gear partially extended. The plt reported that he heard a crack while the landing gear was retracting after takeoff. He put the gear handle back down and continued to Lake City. After flying several low passes, the control tower…Dec 15, 1983 · N444D · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84IA045Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportDouglas DC-10-10 · West Palm Beach, FLThe acft experienced a failure of the right main landing gear truck while taxiing for takeoff. Metallurgical examinationrevealed stress corrosion which originated adjacent to the forward outboard longitudinal beam lubrication on hole.Dec 14, 1983 · N61NA · Minor damageNTSB MIA84FA044Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Venice, FLThis was the first flt for the prospective student plt. He stated that during the second trafic pattern over the gulf, the acft appeared to hit a gust of wind, pitched up, & entered a spin. Winds were gusting 27 KTS, & severe wx was forecast & arrived later…Dec 12, 1983 · N94642 · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA043Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportTemco Raley D-16A · Everglades City, FLPower was lost on both engs shortly after takeoff. The plt attempted to turn towards the shoreline & land in an open field but was unable to do so. The acft collided with the water while in a left bank & cartwheeled. The fuel line between the main fuel tank…Dec 11, 1983 · N704T · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA042Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-22 · Port Richie, FLThe acft crashed into trees during a night forced landing after the engine quit. The surviving passenger said he had metthe two plts in a bar where they drank beer. They later went to the arpt and flew x-country about 70 miles to eat & have more beer. They…Dec 10, 1983 · N3719 · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA040Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Lakeland, FLThe acft was on its first production flt test. Shortly after lift-off it was observed to enter an abrupt right bank, followed by a steep left bank before crashing. Examination of the left wing revealed that its aileron cables were connected to their…Dec 4, 1983 · N4115K · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA039Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPaul S. Kerr Condor III 400 · Boca Raton, FLThe instructor plt (CFI) & student were practicing apchs in a 2-place/registered ultralight with single controls. Just prior to touchdown, the CFI told the student to go around. After initiating a climb, the acft encountered turbulence. The student…Dec 3, 1983 · N39584 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84FA038Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172RG · Cross City, FLWhile in the vicinity of Cross City the plt requested VFR flt following from jacksonville ARTCC. While he was in radio &radar contact, the controller suddenly lost radar contact with the flt. Radar indicated that the acft made a rapid descent from the cruise…Dec 2, 1983 · N9682B · DestroyedNTSB MIA84IA037Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportCessna 182-RG · Jacksonville, FLOn landing touchdown the nosegear collapsed and the acft slid to a stop. One of the nose gear lock pins was found failed.Nov 28, 1983 · N61125 · Minor damageNTSB MIA84FA036Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-24-260 · Kathleen, FLThe acft impacted in a swampy area in a fast dive which separated about 6 ft of the left wing. The acft was being vectored on radar when it suddenly began to steer erratically and go off the radar scope. The plt had radioed that he 'must have gone over some…Nov 28, 1983 · N9094P · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA034Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 402 · Miami, FLThe plt in command related that he had no experience in the Cessna 402 acft. He reported that while on a local test flt with the second plt, who was experienced flying the acft, the right eng malfunctioned. The co-plt climbed the acft to 500 ft AGL and the…Nov 23, 1983 · N24097 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84LA033Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Bunnell, FLThe plt of the C-172 stated that as he entered the landing pattern he observed another company C-172 making landings & took an appropriate interval behind the observed traffic. The plt of the C-152 stated he made his approach behind an acft he observed in the…Nov 22, 1983 · N24842 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84LA035Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 340A · Nr. Orangeville, FLThe acft disappeared fm radar coverage while in cruise flt at 10,000 feet MSL near Orangeville, FL. The ATC transcript revealed that the plt had been inquiring abt the weather ahead of him and was cleared to descend to 6000 in order to get below strong…Nov 20, 1983 · N85JK · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA032Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech 95-B55 · Near Naples, FLThe plt, along with his safety plt, departed page field at 1401 to accomplish airwork. 1 min later the crew was questioned by the tower why they had not started a turn southbound. The safety plt responded 'I just pulled an engine onhim and he is going to…Nov 19, 1983 · N1826Z · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA031Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 185 · Gainesville, FLThe acft nosed over during landing while on an instructional flt. The instructor plt was demonstrating a touch and go landing at the time of the accident. The landing was made on rwy 28 with the wind from 340 degrees at 7 KTS. The instructor stated that…Nov 17, 1983 · N7318H · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84LA029Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGary Wilson Quickie · Boca Raton, FLAccording to the plt, he had only 2 hrs flt time in quickie acft & this was his 1st flt in N114GW. He reported that after taking off, the acft tried to roll left. He used all available aileron to counteract the roll, but it was not effective. When impact was…Nov 13, 1983 · N114GW · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FU007Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportWizard J3 · Miami, FLSeveral witnesses observed the ultralight vehicle flying in a southwesterly direction at about 1500 ft AGL. They reported that the plt had executed 5 or 6 stall maneuvers, followed by normal straight ahead recoveries. During the last stall, the acft was…Nov 12, 1983 · UNREG · DestroyedNTSB DCA84AA006Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportBoeing 727-225A · Miami, FLAfter departing Miami & climbing through 10,900 ft the #3 right main landing gear tire exploded causing massive damage to systems a & b hydraulic lines which resulted in a loss of a & b hydraulic systems. The acft returned to Miami & the crew was unable to…Nov 12, 1983 · N812EA · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84LA028Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-5B · Okeechobee, FLThe plt reported that during flt, the eng had a partial loss of power. He attempted to divert to an arpt. He was able to get on final apch, but when he saw he could not reach the runway, he turned away from the lights & a building for an emergency landing.…Nov 11, 1983 · N123EF · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84IA025Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportAirbus Industrie A-300B4-2C · Miami, FLDuring takeoff ground roll the NO-4 tire failed followed by failures of the other surrounding tires. The takeoff was aborted and there was no fire. The fuse plug in the NO-4 tire was found partially melted.Nov 7, 1983 · N203EA · Minor damageNTSB MIA84LA027Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 120 · Punta Gorda, FLThe acft departed the rwy when the right main landing gear failed during landing. The plt stated that after landing the acft pulled to the right, he corrected to the left and the acft ground looped. Inspection of the acft revealed that the right main tire and…Nov 6, 1983 · N76932 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84IA024Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBeech BE-33A · Near Avon Park, FLWhile in cruise flight the engine failed due to a failure ofthe crankshaft. The crankshaft was not examined to determinewhy it failed. The pilot executed a forced landing to an open field.Nov 5, 1983 · N5483U · Minor damageNTSB MIA84LA021Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChampion 7HC · Ft. Lauderdale, FLThe plt of Champion 7HC, N8918R, stated that he taxied over a rough field to rwy 13. While crossing the field, something struck the bottom of the fusellage & broke the ailron bellcrank which connected the control stick to the aileron pushrods. Subsequently,…Oct 29, 1983 · N8918R · 2 aircraft · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84LA022Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Milton, FLThe acft was obsvd during a touch and go lndg to be high and fast. Aft bouncing on initial touchdown the plt lowered the nose and during the second touchdown the gear collapsed.Oct 28, 1983 · N49938 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84LA020Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSchweizer G-164B · Ormond Beach, FLThe acft is a twin-engine conversion of the Grumman G-164B. The plt was on a local test flt with the hopper filled with water to simulate flt conditions near the operating gross weight of the acft. After lift-off a partial power loss was experienced on the #2…Oct 27, 1983 · N8459K · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA018Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Clearwater, FLThe acft nosed over after the nose gear collapsed during a hard landing. The student pilot was making touch and go practice landings. This touchdown was hard and on the nose gear. The weather was VMC but the wind was from 330 degrees at 12 KTS. The landing…Oct 26, 1983 · N25958 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84FA017Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportHight Smaragd CP-301-S · St Augustine, FLThe owner/builder/plt of the home built acft & a passenger (a foreign visitor) were on a local flt along a beach area. The purpose of the flt was for the visitor to take some video tape footage with the video camera that he took along. Witnesses, including a…Oct 24, 1983 · N42RH · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA014Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-31-350 · Clewiston, FLThe plt stated that during a x-wind landing, he was high & fast on final apch & did not utilize the full length of the rwy. After touchdown, he considered making a go-around, but was not sure whether he could clear power lines near the departure end of the…Oct 21, 1983 · N54CG · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84LA013Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172M · Ocala, FLWhile the plt was descending near his destination, the eng lost power. Subsequently, the acft hit trees, a power line & a fence during a forced landing. A teardown of the eng & an exam of the fuel sys revealed no evidence of a preimpact, mechanical…Oct 20, 1983 · N1441U · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84LA011Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 185 · Key West, FLThe acft was on a flt from miami, FL to cancum, Mexico when the plt elected to make an en route stop at Key West, FL to check the wx. During the landing, the left main gear collapsed. An exam revealed a wear pattern on the landing gear & fuselage structure in…Oct 19, 1983 · N60925 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84IA012Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoeing 727-21 · Miami, FLThe nose gear failed to extend due to impairment of the retraction/extension mechanism by the complete blockage of a hydraulic passagway with foreign matter similar to rubber.Oct 19, 1983 · N357PA · Minor damageNTSB MIA83IA009Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBeech A-36 · Daytona, FLThe left main landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Thegear arm was determined to have been bent and cracked after the gear collapsed possibly due to low gear down tension. A new left left gear up bracket had not been installed. An annual inspection…Oct 13, 1983 · N2864W · Minor damageNTSB MIA84FA006Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-23-250 · Cornwell, FLThe acft was found with a large amount of burned marijuna onboard & the cargo door open.Oct 10, 1983 · N6830Y · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA010Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210L · St. Augustine, FLThe acft landed gear up after the landing gear could be extended in flight. The plt stated during the app to St. Augustine attempts to lower the gear were unsuccessful. The gear doors would open and the hydraulic pump was working butthe gear would not extend.…Oct 8, 1983 · N1778X · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84LA008Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 175 · Ft. Mccoy, FLAbout 10 min after departing ft Mccoy, FL, the plt realized he had forgotten his flt bag, so he returned to land at the airstrip. During the landing, the acft floated, & after touching down, there was insufficient rwy remaining to safely stop or go around.…Oct 8, 1983 · N6511E · Substantial damageNTSB MIA84FA005Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportGlobe GC-1B · Venice, FLImmediately after takeoff the plt radioed on UNICOM that his cowling was coming open & that he was returning to the field. Other plts waiting for takeoff reported seeing that acft enter a left turn between 200-300 ft AGL & become very slow. One of the plts…Oct 8, 1983 · N80682 · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA004Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportSikorsky S-61N · West Palm Beach, FLWhile descending for a landing there was a separation of an outboard section of the main red rotor blade. An old crack was noted & the fracture was attributed to high stress low cycle fatigue damage initiating from corrosion pitting.Oct 7, 1983 · YV323 · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA007Accident · 3 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T-210-J · FLThis acft is missing on a flt from andros town, Bahamas to ft. pierce, FL. After departure the acft contacted nassau to file a VFR clearance and called miami fss to report 60 DME east of ft. lauderdale in heavy rain. The plt requested information on how to…Oct 4, 1983 · N2284R · DestroyedNTSB MIA84FA003Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportKimbal Dyke Delta JD2 · Punta Gorda, FLThe homebuilt acft was observed flying northeast ovr the east side of charlotte county arpt at abt 1000 ft. witnesses stated that the acft pitched downward and entered a spin into the ground. Wreckage examination revealed that the wing bonding material…Oct 4, 1983 · N55AK · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA002Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Miami, FLWhile in a descending spiral the plt stated that the cockpit filled with smoke. He proceeded to turn off the electrical master switch. Shortly aft the eng failed and the acft was ditched in 480 ft of water.Oct 3, 1983 · N4860F · DestroyedNTSB MIA84LA001Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportde Havilland DHC2 · Titusville, FLThe acft collided with a truck while taking off but managed to stay airborne, fly a mission and return to a normal landing. The private plt was reportedly carrying 8 passengers for a parachute drop. He would not admit he was carrying passengers and none of…Oct 1, 1983 · N31339 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA83FA242Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportRockwell 560E · Matacumbe Key, FLThe acft crashed in the water in an isolated area of the Florida bay while in a near inverted, left wing low, nose down attitude & at a high rate of descent with slow forward speed. The landing gear were down & locked, & the flaps were extended about 10 degs.…Sep 30, 1983 · N70C · DestroyedNTSB MIA83LA241Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeech A35 · Orlando, FLThe pilot heard a loud bang when the gear was retracted. After many attempts to extend the gear, the pilot burned off fuel, had the rwy foamed & a gear up landing was made. During the last annual inspection the landing gear actuator was removed and the worm…Sep 29, 1983 · N8678A · Substantial damage