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Event MIA86LA186

1986-06-20 FT. MYERS, Florida, United States Airport · FMY None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1372V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA U206F

TCDS

A4CE · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19741104

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A097E4

Registrant of record

BOLAND MATTHEW S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PRIVATE PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED A SHORT NO-RADIO NIGHT FLIGHT AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE WRONG NUTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY AT THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED EIGHTEEN MONTHS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_MIA86LA186.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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