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LAX83LA026

1982-11-05 · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SFO

N65SA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA, built 1988), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

FLIGHT 238, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 28L AT SAN FRANCISCO INTL AIRPORT. WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH V2 WITH THE GEAR IN UPWARD TRANSIT AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL, THE RED LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO ABORT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND IN TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_LAX83LA026.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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