Event MIA86LA008

1985-10-07 OPA LOCKA, Florida, United States Airport · OPF None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9135Y Piper PA-31-310 None

Factual 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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_MIA86LA008.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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