NTSB MIA84LA152 — 1984-04-26 · VALDOSTA, Georgia, United States

Current FAA registration · N7059P

Make / Model: PIPER PA-24
Year of manufacture: 1960 · 24 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19600802
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A96AC2

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7059P Piper PA-24-180 None

Factual narrative

THE INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) STATED THAT HE WAS GIVING A PRIVATE PLT A BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW & THAT THE PRIVATE PLT WAS THE PLT-IN-COMMAND (PIC). WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THEIR 2ND LANDING, THEY HEARD ANOTHER ACFT ENTERING THE PATTERN, BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE OF ITS LOCATION. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE OTHER ACFT AS THEY CONTINUED THE APCH & SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_MIA84LA152.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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