- Date
- August 19, 1982, 02:10 local (09:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fontana, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24MFPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820819039619A
- Case key
- 70697
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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
Approximately 5 hrs after takeoff the plt contacted ontario tower & requested radar vectors to the arpt because he had an eng out. After switching to approach control the plt began receiving vectors to the arpt. At 0209 the plt advised a/c that he ran out of fuel. The acft crashed into a back lot in a residential area about 9 mi east of ontario arpt. Initial radar identification was made approximately 22 mi east of ontario arpt within 4 mi of two arpts. At no time did the plt tell a/c that he was low on fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24MF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-807007L
- Airframe hours
- 935
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360KB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Magarro
- Registered owner
- John Magarro
- Departed
- Missoula, MT
- Destination
- Santa Ana, CA
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 359 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.