Piper PA-23-250 N6890Y

Summary

On 7 April 1984 at about 21:59 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N6890Y, operated by Nolan L. Polley, was involved in an accident near Titusville, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 April 1984 at 21:59

Classification

Accident

Location

Titusville, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Titusville-Cocoa (TIX)

Coordinates

28.5804, -80.8202

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N6890Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Nolan L. Polley

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Merritt Island → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA131

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT COULD NOT GET THE LEFT MAIN GEAR EXTENDED FOR LANDING AND THEN COULD NOT GET THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT FOR A'BELLY'LANDING. THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON THE SOD BESIDE THE RWY WITH THE LEFT MAIN RETRACTED. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING SLIDE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT WAS JACKED UP AND AFTER THE LEFT GEAR DOORS WERE PRYED OPEN THE LEFT GEAR FELL OUT AND LOCKED DOWN. WITH THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT GEAR DOORS OUT OF THE SYSTEM THE MAIN GEARS OPERATED NORMALLY. THE NOSE & LEFT GEAR DOORS WERE OMITTED FROM THE TEST DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE. THIS ACFT HAD ONLY FLOWN ABOUT 1 HOUR IN THE LAST YEAR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.