# Incident 19821205065689I: Piper PA23250, Washington, DC, December 5, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1982, 11:19 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Washington Natl
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N501BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 573 total, 408 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83IA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83IA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821205065689I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE LANDING ROLL. NO GEAR DEFECTS. INDICATES PILOT ERROR. NO PILOT PAPERS ONBOARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL83IA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83IA053), Dec 5, 1982: Piper PA-23-250 (N501BC), Washington, DC, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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