- Date
- February 9, 1986, 17:17 local (Feb 10, 1986, 01:17 UTC)
- Place
- San Francisco, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5300YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860209032709A
- Case key
- 25067
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Analysis
On feb 9, 1986 at 1717 PST a Piper PA-23, N5300Y, ditched approximately 460 NM sw of sfo, CA. The flt originated from hnl, HI. In flt fuel leak was discovered after 7 hrs of flight. Fuel vapors were seen contrailing off both wings. The plt attempted to isolate the leak and was unable. The crossfeed selector and acft fuel selector became difficult to move. The source of the fuel leak was located either in the wing or in the crossfeed system. The acft ditched after 9 hrs 45 min of flt due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5300Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-2372
- Airframe hours
- 6,775
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Contract Services
- Registered owner
- David Andre
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1985 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Destination
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OAK · Oakland Intl
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 980 total · 23 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 6 knots
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.