Piper PA-31-350 N74957

Summary

On 9 December 1982 at about 10:28 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N74957, operated by Brent's International, Inc., was involved in an accident near 500 Nm E, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 December 1982 at 10:28

Classification

Accident

Location

500 Nm E, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350

Registration

N74957

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Brent's International, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oakland → Honolulu

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

LAX83FA055

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT DEPARTED OAKLAND, CA AT 1733 PST ON A NIGHT FLIGHT TO HONOLULU, HI. THE FLT PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL APRX 0050 PST WHEN THE PLT ADVISED THAT THE LEFT ENG WAS SLOWLY LOSING OIL PRESSURE. AT THAT TIME, THE ACFT WAS AT AN ALT OF 6000 FT. AT 0205, THE PLT REPORTED HE SHUT DOWN THE ENG & WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN 6000 FT. A DESCENT WAS STARTED. IN HIS LAST TRANSMISSION AT 0228 PST, THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS AT 500 FT, BARELY MAINTAINING ALT. RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST WHEN THE ACFT WAS APRX 500 MI EAST OF HONOLULU. AT 1559, THE CREW OF A SEARCH ACFT SIGHTED FLOATING DEBRIS & 1 BODY FLOATING IN THAT AREA. A MARKER BUOY WAS DEPLOYED, BUT NO RECOVERY WAS ACCOMPLISH. THE ACFT WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED & BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN FATALLY INJURED. THE ACFT CRASHED IN MODERATE SEA CONDITIONS WITH WAVES HEIGHTS ESTIMATED AT 3 TO 5 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.