- Date
- December 9, 1982, 02:28 local (10:28 UTC)
- Place
- 500 Nm E, Honolulu, HI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74957Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821209062909A
- Case key
- 69657
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft departed oakland, CA at 1733 PST on a night flight to honolulu, HI. The flt proceeded without incident until aprx 0050 PST when the plt advised that the left eng was slowly losing oil pressure. At that time, the acft was at an alt of 6000 ft. at 0205, the plt reported he shut down the eng & was unable to maintain 6000 ft. a descent was started. In his last transmission at 0228 PST, the plt reported that he was at 500 ft, barely maintaining alt. Radio contact was lost when the acft was aprx 500 mi east of honolulu. At 1559, the crew of a search acft sighted floating debris & 1 body floating in that area. A marker buoy was deployed, but no recovery was accomplish. The acft was presumed to have been destroyed & both occupants were presumed to have been fatally injured. The acft crashed in moderate sea conditions with waves heights estimated at 3 to 5 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74957
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7305106
- Airframe hours
- 5,093
- Engine
- Lycoming LTIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Brent'S International, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Brent'S International, Inc.
- Departed
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 320° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.