- Date
- May 21, 1983, 18:10 local (May 22, 1983, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Elsinore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4347BPiper PA24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830521059259A
- Case key
- 23723
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Analysis
The acft collided with the ground and a dirt bank short of the rwy during landing and collapsed the landing gear. The pilot stated that he attempted to land on a dirt rwy but was concerned with the lake located at the departure end. He said his airspeed was 70 KTS on short final with full flaps and RPM. The main gear touched down on a dirt road that crossed in front of the approach end of the rwy. The acft bounced back into the air toward the rwy. The left main gear hit a dirt ridge at the threshold and sheared off. During the landing on the rwy the nose gear and right main retracted into their wheel wells. The acft came to rest 120 ft down the rwy with the nose pointing about 20 degrees to the right of the centerline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4347B
- Reported as
- Piper PA24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-558
- Airframe hours
- 2,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert Wilsey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1982 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Airport
- L49 · Skylark, runway 23, 2,830 × 140 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 202 total · 62 in this make and model · 186 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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