ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380625
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 October 1983 |
| Time: | 06:55 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185 |
| Owner/operator: | George Delatorre |
| Registration: | N60925 |
| MSN: | 18504075 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Continental I0-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Key West, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Miami, FL (TMBQ) |
| (KMUN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT WAS ON A FLT FROM MIAMI, FL TO CANCUM, MEXICO WHEN THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EN ROUTE STOP AT KEY WEST, FL TO CHECK THE WX. DURING THE LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AN EXAM REVEALED A WEAR PATTERN ON THE LANDING GEAR & FUSELAGE STRUCTURE IN THE VICINITY OF THE UPPER END OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SPRING INSTALLATIONS. THE FILLET PLATE & SEAL AROUND THE UPPER END OF THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SPRING WERE DEFORMED & SHATTERED. ALSO, THE SPRING ATTACH BOLT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE STRUCTURE. REPORTEDLY, THE ACFT HAD MADE NUMEROUS LANDINGS ON ROUGH FIELDS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. THE OWNER RESIDED IN COSTA RICA, HIS LOG BOOKS & RECORDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA84LA011
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 December 1987 | N60925 | Private | 0 | Naples, FL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Apr-2024 18:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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