Piper PA-32-300 N8632N

Summary

On 21 July 1984 at about 19:34 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N8632N was involved in an accident near Goleta, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 July 1984 at 19:34

Classification

Accident

Location

Goleta, California, United States

Coordinates

34.4493, -119.8009

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N8632N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paso Robles → Oxnard

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84FA407

3 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 PLT RADIOED TO THE SANTA BARBARA TOWER THAT HE WAS 'WITHOUT POWER' & WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD. HOWEVER, DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES APRX 50 FT SHORT OF THE FIELD. AN EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE FUEL DIAPHRAM STEM, PN 2539806, IN THE FUEL INJECTOR HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE. AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE, AD 83-22-04, AMENDMENT 39-4748, THAT PERTAINED TO THIS PART, HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH ON THE PREVIOUS 100 HOUR INSPECTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.