# NTSB LAX82FA308: Piper PA-24-250, N6825P, Los Angeles, CA, August 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1982, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Coordinates: 34.050548, -118.38005 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0505&lon=-118.3800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71484
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FA308
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71484/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA308

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, approach
- In flight collision with object, approach
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - object - residence

## Analysis

THE FLT DEPARTED SANTA MONICA AT 0830 FOR A LOCAL FLT. AT 0926 THE PLT CALLED FROM DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES FOR LANDING AT SANTA MONICA. AT 9028 THE PLT 3 MI EAST OF A VFR REPORTING POINT WITH ENG TROUBLE & THAT HE HAD TO COME DOWN. THE ACFT WING STRUCK THE ROOF OF A HOUSE IN A DENSELY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AREA COMING TO REST IN THE STREET ON TOP OF TWO CARS.THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE LINE TO THE CARBURETOR. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE RIGHT TANK WHICH WAS FOUND DRY. THE RUPTURED LEFT TANK CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 2 GALS. FIREMEN ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY AN ADDITIONAL 2 GALS HAD FLOWED OUT. ALL FUEL ON BOARD THE ACFT WAS USABLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6825P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6825P-1984-07-11), registration cancelled 1984-07-11, S/N 24-1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-1958
- Airframe hours: 1962
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1D5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kenneth Melvin Jackson
- Registered owner: Kenneth Melvin Jackson
- Departed: SMO, SANTA MONICA, CA
- Destination: SMO, SANTA MONICA, CA
- Airport: runway 21, 4,987 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 307 total, 212 in this make and model, 227 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SMO, 3 nm away

## Other investigations on N6825P (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 LAX80FUA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUA09), Feb 28, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N6825P), Catalina Is, CA, substantial damage

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.

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