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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA24250 · Santa Paula, CA · April 14, 1996

Date
April 14, 1996 · 12:00 local
Place
Santa Paula, CA
Airport
Santa Paula Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6415P
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX96LA170
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540A1D5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
548 total496 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost power on final. Impacted short. Only non usable fuel on board. Was flying to obtain discount fuel at szp.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON FINAL. IMPACTED SHORT. ONLY NON USABLE FUEL ON BOARD. WAS FLYING TO OBTAIN DISCOUNT FUEL AT SZP.

NTSB investigation

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