# NTSB CHI83LA211: Piper PA-23-250, N5512Y, East Liverpool, OH, May 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1983, 15:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place: East Liverpool, OH
- Coordinates: 40.629112, -80.560829 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6291&lon=-80.5608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12172
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA211
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12172/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA211

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING THE APPROACH, THE PLT NEGLECTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR, AAND SUBSEQUENTLY, MADE A WHEELS UP LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5512Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5512Y-1997-04-21), registration cancelled 1997-04-21, S/N 272608 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-2608
- Airframe hours: 3150
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830513019199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830513019199A), May 13, 1983: Piper PA23250, East Liverpool, OH, Substantial damage. Landed gear up. Everything normal except pilot neglected to lower the landing gear.

## Other investigations on N5512Y (2)

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 NYC91LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA078), Feb 19, 1991: Piper PA-23-250 (N5512Y), Punxsutawney, PA, destroyed. Probable cause: INTENTIONAL 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…
- [NTSB CHI66F0536](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0536), Feb 1, 1966: Piper PA-23 (N5512Y), Columbus, OH, substantial damage

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.

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