Piper PA-31-310 N9135Y

Summary

On 7 October 1985 at about 16:16 local time, a Piper PA-31-310 registered N9135Y was involved in an accident near Opa Locka, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 October 1985 at 16:16

Classification

Accident

Location

Opa Locka, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Opa-Locka (OPF)

Coordinates

25.9102, -80.2701

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-310

Registration

N9135Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86LA008

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT ON FINAL APCH AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR HE GOT AN UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. HE THEN FLEW BY THE TWR & THE CONTROLLER STATED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. HE THEN RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR & RECEIVED A NORMAL GEAR DOWN INDICATION. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT SLID OFF THE RWY INTO THE GRASS. POST CRASH INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF BROKEN COMPONENTS. INSPECTION OF THE ACFT MAINT RECORDS REVEALED THE LEFT & RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCKS HAD BEEN ADJUSTED TWO FLTS PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE. ADDTIONALLY IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FELL INTO A HOLE WHILE THE ACFT WAS TAXIING ON THE FLT PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRECNE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.