- Date
- November 10, 1983, 17:04 local (Nov 11, 1983, 01:04 UTC)
- Place
- Inglewood, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2570VPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23906
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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 student said that the eng lost power & he initiated an emergency landing. He switched fuel tanks, applied carburetor heat & checked the magnetos. However, before landing, the eng restarted & the student applied full power & began to climb, not realizing there were power lines ahead. The acft struck the lines, then crashed into a freeway guard rail & an automobile before coming to rest on a highway. The left wing began burning & the left fuel tank was destroyed by fire. Only 1/2 gal of fuel was found in the right tank. The temp & dew point were 67 & 58 deg, respectively. According to icing probability charts, serious carburetor ice would be probable at glide power & visible icing would occur at rated power. Also, the investigation revealed that if the fuel selector was moved to an itermediate position beyond the off position, no fuel would flow to the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2570V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0075
- Airframe hours
- 728
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Piper Air Center
- Registered owner
- Michael Keenan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 24, 1983 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- LGB · Long Beach, 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 41 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB, 18 nm away