19820821043549A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Santa Catalina, CA · August 21, 1982

Date
August 21, 1982 · 18:00 local
Place
Santa Catalina, CA
Airport
Airport In The Sk
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7956Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82DA315
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total300 in this make and model15 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 engine quit after changing fuel selector. Right engine overheated. Ditched in ocean. Possible fuel problem.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE QUIT AFTER CHANGING FUEL SELECTOR. RIGHT ENGINE OVERHEATED. DITCHED IN OCEAN. POSSIBLE FUEL PROBLEM.

NTSB investigation

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