- Date
- January 18, 1984, 21:42 local (Jan 19, 1984, 05:42 UTC)
- Place
- Oxnard, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4012RPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840118001519A
- Case key
- 23931
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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 made a forced landing and collided with irrigation pipes which criss-crossed a freshly plowed field after the engine lost power during a night cruise. After the accident the fuel selector valve was found in the off position and nofuel was in the lines from the spider to the cylinders.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4012R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40486
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C.F. Kellner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1983 · 2,252 hours before
- Departed
- OXR · Oxnard, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 238 total · 8 in this make and model · 182 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 350° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NTD, 8 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.