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MIA94LA022

1993-11-13 · HERNANDO, Florida, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 5FL7

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The failure of the nose gear down relay on the landing gear retraction/extension assembly for undetermined reasons, resulting in the collapse of the nose wheel on landing, and subsequent nose over.

Factual narrative

On November 13, 1993, at about 1615 eastern standard time, a Scott Longeze, N83TS, experimental homebuilt airplane, registered to Talmadge Scott, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed on landing. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Twelve Oaks Airport about 1 hour 40 minutes before the accident. The pilot stated to the NTSB investigator-in-charge that on landing, the nosewheel collapsed, and the airplane nosed over. Examination of the nose gear by the FAA and the registered owner revealed the nose gear down relay on the landing gear retraction/extension assembly had failed for undetermined reasons. On landing touchdown the nosewheel collapsed and the airplane nosed over sustaining substantial damage. Examination of the nosewheel retraction/extension assembly revealed the nose gear down relay had failed for undetermined reasons. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1993_MIA94LA022.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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