# Accident 19981120032019A: Piper PA30, Camarillo, CA, November 20, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1998
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2294° N, 119.0706° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2294&lon=-119.0706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7933Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7933Y-1999-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981120032019A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 20, 1998, AT 1401 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-30, N7933Y, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE ATTEMPTING A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AT THE CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA, AIRPORT. THE PRIVATE, MULTIENGINE RATED PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA. AFTER CONDUCTING THE PLANNED AIR WORK, THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO CAMARILLO FOR PRACTICE LANDINGS. THE EVENT OCCURRED ON THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT. (-23) N7933Y A PA-30 TWIN COMANCHE WAS DOING PRACTICE ENGINE OUT TRAINING, ON SHORT FINAL, WITH RIGHT ENGINE AT ZERO THRUST, ENCOUNTERED A RIGHT CROSSWIND AND CORRECTED BY CRABBING TO THE RIGHT. PLANE WAS GOING TO LAND SHORT SO PILOT APPLIED POWER ON LEFT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED VMC LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASHED ON APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 26 AT CAMARILLO AIRPORT. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS.

## 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 LAX99LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA037), Nov 20, 1998: Piper PA-30B (N7933Y), Camarillo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.

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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