# Accident 19851123057929A: Piper PA23250, Tustin, CA, November 23, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1985, 15:50 local time
- Place: Tustin, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Orange Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7292° N, 117.6696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7292&lon=-117.6696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5353Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5353Y-2013-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 152 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX86LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851123057929A

## Narrative

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

FUEL CELL BLADDERS NOT FASTENED, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. THIS REDUCED FUEL CAPACITY. RAN OUT OF FUEL, LANDED IN FIELD.

## 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 LAX86LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA046), Nov 23, 1985: Piper PA-23-250 (N5353Y), Tustin, CA, substantial damage

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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