Skip to content

Atlas / NTSB / MIA91LA136

NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA91LA136

1991-05-04 KEY WEST, Florida, United States Airport · EYW None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N208RC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 208B

Year of manufacture

2019

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-140 (867 hp)

Seats / Engines

12 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20230424

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1B135

Registrant of record

ROCKWELL COLLINS LEASING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

Factual narrative

AFTER A REPORTED NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, THE PLT APPLIED REVERSE THRUST & STATED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FELL LOWER THAN NORMAL. HE THEN RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE & THE MAIN LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED. THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP & ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED SAFELY. EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE UPPER DRAG LEG OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASS'Y FAILED DUE TO OVERLOAD. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE REASON FOR THE OVERLOAD FAILURE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1991_MIA91LA136.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.