19840930052419A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Lkheed T-33 · Palm Springs, CA · September 30, 1984

Date
September 30, 1984 · 11:59 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Airport
Palm Springs
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N12422
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84LA502
Reported as
Lkheed T33
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,014 total42 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hard landing short of runway, bounced. Collapsed gear rolling into soft sand. Left fuel tank ruptured, burned.

As the FAA filed it

HARD LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY, BOUNCED. COLLAPSED GEAR ROLLING INTO SOFT SAND. LEFT FUEL TANK RUPTURED, BURNED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.