- Date
- October 23, 1984, 16:43 local (20:43 UTC)
- Place
- Williston, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N24UEPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841023059539A
- Case key
- 31308
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The left seat pilot stated that he was doing touch and go landings on runway 04. He continued to state that on the last landing he touched down on the runway, then added full power and retracted the flaps, but inadvertantly retracted the landing gear. The aircraft hit the runway, bounced aprx 25 to 50 feet in the air, slid off the runway and caught fire. The instructor rated pilot and registered owner in the right seat stated that after the aircraft initially bounced, he completed the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24UE
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-276
- Airframe hours
- 2,034
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward G. Harrison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1974 · 236 hours before
- Departed
- X60 · Williston, FL
- Airport
- X60 · Williston, runway 4, 7,000 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,166 total · 35 in this make and model · 5,955 as pilot in command · 216 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 252 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.