- Date
- May 13, 1983, 15:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- East Liverpool, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5512YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830513019199A
- Case key
- 12172
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Gear extension - not performedCause
Wheels up landing - inadvertentFactor
Analysis
During the approach, the plt neglected to extend the gear, aand subsequently, made a wheels up landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5512Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-2608
- Airframe hours
- 3,150
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tru-Lite International Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983
- Departed
- BTP · Butler, PA
- Airport
- 02G · Columbiana Co., runway 6, 3,512 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,700 total · 36 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5512Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC91LA078Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPunxsutawney, PAIntentional flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in a inflight collision with rising terrain, which was obscured by fog. A factor related to the accident was the pilots evaluation of the weather.NTSB CHI66F0536Accident · No injuriesClosedColumbus, OH