# Accident 19940807020549A: Piper PA28R200, San Luis Obispo, CA, August 7, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1994, 00:06 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2505° N, 120.6194° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2505&lon=-120.6194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6959J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6959J-1994-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94FA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA308) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940807020549A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. HIT WIRES LANDING ON HIWAY. STRUCK BY AUTO. ENGINE HAD THROWN A ROD. ROD CAP SEPARATED.

## 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 LAX94FA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA308), Aug 7, 1994: Piper PA-28R-200 (N6959J), San Luis Obispo, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the No. 4 cylinder connecting rod for undetermined reasons. The dark night lighting conditions, which hampered the ability of the pilots to detect the power lines, was a factor in this…

## Other reports on N6959J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920906043539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920906043539I), Sep 6, 1992: Piper PA28R200 (N6959J), Page, AZ. Pilot was observed to make three low passes over a crowded beach.

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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