- Date
- April 27, 1982, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42050Piper PA-23-250T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820427011979A
- Case key
- 71320
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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 stated the landing gear indicated down and locked and the touchdown was normal. During the landing roll the gear retracted. During the slide down the runway the left engine caught on fire causing substantial damage to the aircraft. Examination by a mechanic found no abnormalities with the landing gear extension or retraction mechanism.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42050
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-4081
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale Van Sickler
- Registered owner
- Dale Van Sickler
- Departed
- Dallas, TX
- Destination
- Lake Dallas, TX
- Airport
- 30F · Lakeview, runway 35, 2,800 × 30 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,685 total · 130 in this make and model · 3,620 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.