Skip to content

MIA85LA045

1984-11-25 · CROSS CITY, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport CTY

Current FAA registration · N8248D

Make / Model
PIPER PA-32R-301
Year of manufacture
1980 · 4 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800807
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB432B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

PLT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN AS BRAKING WAS INITIATED THE ACFT BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT. RIGHT BRAKE WAS APPLIED WITH NO CORRECTING EFFECT. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. POST CRASH EXAM OF BRAKES REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_MIA85LA045.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.