- Date
- December 5, 1982, 10:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, DC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N501BCPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821205065689I
- Case key
- 72967
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he had 3 green lights after extending the landing gear. During landing roll, the left main ldg gr collapsed for an undetermined reason. The landing gear handle was found in the down position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N501BC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7305157
- Airframe hours
- 3,803
- Engine
- Lycoming IO540C435, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mars Aerospace, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mars Aerospace, Inc.
- Departed
- ISP · Islip, NY
- Destination
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Dca, runway 18, 6,869 × 0 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 564 total · 408 in this make and model · 366 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 156 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.