# NTSB LAX84LA502: Canadair T-33, N12422, Palm Springs, CA, September 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1984, 11:59 local (18:59 UTC)
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Coordinates: 33.84996, -116.559379 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8500&lon=-116.5594&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): 24417
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA502
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24417/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA502

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT 'AS I CROSSED OVER THE FIELD BOUNDRY, LANDING WAS ASSURED SO I CLOSED THE THROTTLE. THE ACFT THEN PITCHED NOSE UP (SLIGHTLY), LEFT WING DROPPED & ACFT SANK OUT OF CONTROL TO TOUCHDOWN ON THE OVERRUN JUST SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD.' THE ACFT ROLLED OFF THE LT SIDE OF RWY 30 & CAME TO REST WITH THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PLT REPORTED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12422](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12422-2009-04-15), registration cancelled 2009-04-15, S/N 341, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CANADAIR T-33
- Registry model: [Canadair T-33](https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-t-33) (registry code 1901204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce NENE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-nene) (registry code 54542, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21341
- Airframe hours: 2597
- Engines: Rolls-Royce NENE-10 5100 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial observation, Part 91
- Operator: Chino Jet, Inc.
- Registered owner: Kay J. Eckardt
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, June 30, 1984
- Departed: PSP, PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Destination: PSP, PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Airport: PSP, Palm Springs Muni, runway 30, 7,013 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 5,014 total, 42 in this make and model, 4,751 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 91 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PSP

## 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 19840930052419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840930052419A), Sep 30, 1984: Lkheed T33, Palm Springs, CA, Substantial damage. Hard landing short of runway, bounced. Collapsed gear rolling into soft sand. Left fuel tank ruptured, burned.

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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