19770312008889A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31 · Oakland, CA · March 12, 1977

Date
March 12, 1977
Place
Oakland, CA
Airport
Oakland International
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6616L
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK77FA025
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,642 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left eng boost pump written up as inop. Left fuel gage showed 1/2, right showed empty, x-feed on.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENG BOOST PUMP WRITTEN UP AS INOP. LEFT FUEL GAGE SHOWED 1/2, RIGHT SHOWED EMPTY, X-FEED ON.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.