# Accident 20080415832519A: Piper PA23160, La Verne, CA, April 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2008, 20:45 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0892° N, 117.7969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0892&lon=-117.7969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4080P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4080P-2008-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080415832519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04-15-08 AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 HOURS, N4080P DEPARTED BRACKETT FIELD (POC) ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AFTER TAKE OFF, MADE AN ERRATIC LEFT TURN AND IMPACTED A HILL APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF POC. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE LACERATIONS AND BRUISES. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT ARM, MULTIPLE LACERATIONS AND BRUISES. BOTH PARTIES WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## 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 LAX08FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA109), Apr 16, 2008: Piper PA-23-160 (N4080P), San Dimas, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power in the left engine due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff following the power loss.

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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