- Date
- July 21, 1984, 12:34 local (19:34 UTC)
- Place
- Goleta, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8632NPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840721033729A
- Case key
- 23980
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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 plt radioed to the santa barbara tower that he was 'without power' & was going to attempt to land in an open field. However, during the forced landing, the acft collided with trees aprx 50 ft short of the field. An exam of the eng revealed that the fuel diaphram stem, pn 2539806, in the fuel injector had failed from fatigue. An airworthiness directive, AD 83-22-04, amendment 39-4748, that pertained to this part, had not been complied with on the previous 100 hour inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8632N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7140025
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K15A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rarig Contstruction Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 9, 1984
- Departed
- PRB · Paso Robles, CA
- Destination
- 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
- 73
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBA, 7 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.