- Date
- June 5, 1987, 21:35 local (Jun 6, 1987, 04:35 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8985NPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870605019069A
- Case key
- 25603
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Ditching
Terrain condition - water,roughFactor
Analysis
During an instrument landing system approach which is positioned partially over the water, the engine quit just after passing the faf. The pilot was unable to land the aircraft at the airport, instead, the aircraft was ditched in the ocean aprx 4 miles west of the airport. The aircraft was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8985N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3240868
- Airframe hours
- 3,937
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tony Peraza
- Registered owner
- Peraza, Tony
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- RAL · Riverside, CA
- Destination
- RAL · Riverside, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SBA · Santa Barbara, runway 7, 6,049 × 150 ft, water
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 33 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBA, 4 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.