# Accident 19930818029769A: Piper PA34200, Pacific Ocean, CA, August 18, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1993, 21:52 local time
- Place: Pacific Ocean, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1232H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1232H-1994-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,824 total, 89 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA329) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930818029769A

## Narrative

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

REPORT LOST RIGHT ENGINE LACK OIL PRESSURE. OVERHEATED RIGHT ENGINE SAME. DITCHED IN OCEAN. LACK PROPER NAV RADIOS.

## 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 LAX93LA329](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA329), Aug 19, 1993: Piper PA-34-220 (N1232H), Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean), destroyed. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE TO BOTH ENGINES FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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