# Accident 19960414007229A: Piper PA24250, Santa Paula, CA, April 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1996, 12:00 local time
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Santa Paula Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4006° N, 119.0707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4006&lon=-119.0707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6415P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 548 total, 496 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960414007229A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX96LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA170), Apr 14, 1996: Piper PA-24-250 (N6415P), Santa Paula, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel starvation due to the pilot's failure to monitor fuel tank quantities and to assure that the fuel tank selector was positioned to a tank containing adequate fuel.

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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