# NTSB LAX86LA236: Piper PA-34-200T, N8306Z, Long Beach, CA, May 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 30, 1986, 16:26 local (23:26 UTC)
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Coordinates: 33.810321, -118.180854 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8103&lon=-118.1809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25171
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25171/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA236

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8306Z-2013-05-30), registration cancelled 2013-05-30, S/N 34-8170054, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-8170054
- Airframe hours: 1480
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860530020209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860530020209A), May 30, 1986: Piper PA34200T, Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Both engines quit on final approach. Landed short. Collided with a chain link fence prior to touchdown. Out of fuel

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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