- Date
- April 11, 1970
- Place
- Santa Susana, CA · SANTA SUSANA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5046WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130987
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4612 70/4/11 SANTA SUSANA,CAL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 153 TIME - 1215 N5046W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 129 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA SUSANA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA SUSANA,CAL SANTA SUSANA,CAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SEDIMENT BOWL LOOSE OR COCKED IN BEARING SURFACES ALLOWED AIR TO ENTER FUEL LINE.1 HR SINCE ANNUAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5046W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Susana
N5046WRegistration cancelled May 17, 2017 · Piper PA-28Airframe modelPiper PA-28Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5046W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR16FA103Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPomona, CAThe pilot's mismanagement of the available fuel, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.NTSB LAX66D0086Accident · No injuriesClosedSanta Susana, CANTSB UNK64X1705Accident · No injuriesClosedNudita Gap, MT