- Date
- December 17, 1985, 16:46 local (Dec 18, 1985, 00:46 UTC)
- Place
- Canoga Park, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6740PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851217062689A
- Case key
- 25039
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While the plt was cruisin in his own acft, an eng oil leak developed, oil pressure decreased & eng power was lost, the plt attempted to make an emergency ldg on a city street, on approach the acft collided with power lines & a fence, & the acft came to rest upside down, exam of the partially oil covered eng revealed that an oil flex hose to the oil cooler had been previously wrapped with a metallic-like tape. The hose, which was oil-covered, had a brittle/crumbly appearing core.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6740P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1868
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A185, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Cabrinha
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1985
- Departed
- CMA · Camarillo, CA
- Destination
- L16 · Huntington, 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 760 total · 410 in this make and model · 660 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.