# Accident 19840721033729A: Piper PA32300, Goleta, CA, July 21, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1984, 08:42 local time
- Place: Goleta, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4493° N, 119.8009° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4493&lon=-119.8009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8632N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8632N-1999-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84FA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA407) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840721033729A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST POWER, EMERGENCY LANDING, HIT TREES. FUEL INJECTOR DIAPHRAGM STEM BROKEN. AD NOT COMPLIED WITH LAST 100 HOUR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX84FA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA407), Jul 21, 1984: Piper PA-32-300 (N8632N), Goleta, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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