MIA88LA021
1987-10-28 · BOCA RATON, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport BCT
Current FAA registration · N41GK
- Make / Model
- PARRISH JIMMY R DRAGONFLY
- Year of manufacture
- 1987 · 0 years old at event
- Engine
- LIMBACH LIMBACH L2000 (80 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 2 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 20040826
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S A4D267
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
WHILE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT CANARD TO DROP. THE LANDING GEAR ON THE LEFT CANARD THEN STRUCK THE RAISED LIP OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1987_MIA88LA021.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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