- Date
- August 13, 1982, 19:24 local (Aug 14, 1982, 02:24 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9342CPiper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820813038329A
- Case key
- 70983
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed on final approach after the engine lost power. The plt stated that on final the engine backfired, lost power and would not respond to throttle movement. The engine had been the subject of previous write-ups & work orders, which included fuel pressure fluctuation, rough engine, bad fuel pump, engine dies at idle and rich mixture. On the day of the acccident the fuel injection unit was removed for overhaul and replaced. During post accident testing the engine ran but became excessively rich. Manual lean gave a significant rise in RPM. Later testing of the fuel injection system revealed the unit operated erratically and was rich at lower pressures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9342C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7837192
- Airframe hours
- 1,872
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R.T.K. Chan
- Registered owner
- R.T.K. Chan
- Departed
- HHR · Hawthorne, CA
- Destination
- HHR · Hawthorne, CA
- Airport
- HHR · Hawthorne, runway 25, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 279 total · 31 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Observed at
- LAX, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.