Event MIA88LA034

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

Registry · N2746Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28R-201T

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770322

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2B891

Registrant of record

QUICKER INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2746Q Piper PA-28R-201T None

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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