# Accident 19830521059259A: Piper PA24250, Lake Elsinore, CA, May 21, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1983, 18:10 local time
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4347B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 62 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830521059259A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO TOUCH DOWN SHORT OF RUNWAY SHEARING LEFT LANDING GEAR OFF.

## 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 LAX83LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA245), May 22, 1983: Piper PA24-250 (N4347B), Elsinore, CA, substantial 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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