MIA84LA131

1984-04-07 · TITUSVILLE, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport TIX

Aircraft involved

N6890Y Piper PA-23-250 None

Factual narrative

THE PLT COULD NOT GET THE LEFT MAIN GEAR EXTENDED FOR LANDING AND THEN COULD NOT GET THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT FOR A'BELLY'LANDING. THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON THE SOD BESIDE THE RWY WITH THE LEFT MAIN RETRACTED. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING SLIDE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT WAS JACKED UP AND AFTER THE LEFT GEAR DOORS WERE PRYED OPEN THE LEFT GEAR FELL OUT AND LOCKED DOWN. WITH THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT GEAR DOORS OUT OF THE SYSTEM THE MAIN GEARS OPERATED NORMALLY. THE NOSE & LEFT GEAR DOORS WERE OMITTED FROM THE TEST DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE. THIS ACFT HAD ONLY FLOWN ABOUT 1 HOUR IN THE LAST YEAR. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_MIA84LA131.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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