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MIA88LA034

1987-10-31 · SARASOTA, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SRQ

Current FAA registration · N2746Q

Make / Model
PIPER PA-28R-201T
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19770322
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2B891

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DRG ARRIVAL, WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM TAMPA APCH CTL TO TWR CTL, THE PLT WAS CLRD TO LND ON RWY 14. BFR LNDG, HE WAS ADZD THE WIND WAS FM 070 DEG AT 15 KTS. RWY 4 WAS AVAILABLE, BUT IT WAS NOT SUGGESTED BY THE TWR CTLR OR REQD BY THE PLT. THE PLT STATED THAT DRG THE LNDG, THE ACFT ENCTRD A STRONG GUST OF WIND & TOUCHED DOWN HARD. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WENT OFF THE RGT SIDE OF THE RWY INTO A GRASS AREA & WAS DAMAGED. DRG THE OCCURRENCE, THE NOSE & RGT MAIN GEAR FAILED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_MIA88LA034.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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