- Date
- May 30, 1986, 16:26 local (23:26 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8306ZPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860530020209A
- Case key
- 25171
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane crashed on final approach to runway 16L at Long Beach airport (lgb), Long Beach, California. The pilot reported that both engines sustained a total loss of power. The airplane's altitude was insufficient to land on the airport. The left fuel tank was not compromised; the right fuel tank fuel line to the fuel selector valve was found ruptured. FAA personnel reptd that there was minimal fuel spillage at the accident site. The wreckage examination dscld that the fuel line between the engine driven fuel pump and fuel servo unit in both engines did not contain any fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8306Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8170054
- Airframe hours
- 1,480
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB1, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aztec Air
- Registered owner
- Goss, Waldon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1986 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- ONT · Ontario, CA
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach, runway 16L, 4,267 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 4,300 in this make and model · 4,300 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.