- Date
- July 9, 1973
- Place
- Goleta, CA · GOLETA, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4895TPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730709021099A
- Case key
- 189595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1864 73/7/9 GOLETA,CALIF PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 416 TIME - 0025 N4895T PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA BARBARA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF GOLETA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CRASHED IN OCEAN & SANK 1-3 MI FROM SHORE.FEW PARTS & RECORDS RECOVERED.INJ INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4895T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Barbara
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.