LAX83LA431

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-30B · Marysville, CA · September 8, 1983

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
September 8, 1983, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
Place
Marysville, CA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N8211YPiper PA-30B
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19830908070299A
Case key
23850

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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/waterLanding - flare/touchdown
Supervision - inadequatePilot in command(cfi)Cause
Wheels up landing - inadvertentDual studentCause

Analysis

Both aircrew members were multiengine rated. One was a multiengine instructor pilot (CFI) & was providing instruction for the other to be upgraded as a multiengine instructor. During a landing, the acft touched down with the gear retracted. Neither pilot realized the gear was in the retracted positon when the acft was touching down.

Aircraft

Registration
N8211Y
Reported as
Piper PA-30B
Category
Airplane
Serial number
301388
Airframe hours
4,259
Engine
Lycoming IO-320-BA, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner
Karl Harder
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · August 20, 1983 · 8 hours before
Departed
051 · Lincoln, CA
Airport
MYV · Yuba County, runway 14, 6,006 × 150 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
66
Certificates
Flight instructor, Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Right
Flight hours
11,106 total · 360 in this make and model · 10,891 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
360° at 5 knots
Visibility
15 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.