- Date
- October 19, 1982, 20:41 local (Oct 20, 1982, 03:41 UTC)
- Place
- Sun City, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4729PPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821019056359A
- Case key
- 72757
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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 pilot made a wheels up landing on hawn avenue in Sun City, CA and abandoned the aircraft. During the landing, both wing tips struck sign posts and were damaged. No fuel was found in the aircraft after it had crashed, but about 650 lbs of illegal drugs were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4729P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-258
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Mr. & Mrs. W.L. Davis
- Registered owner
- Mr. & Mrs. W.L. Davis
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 142 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.