ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40057
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Date: | Thursday 3 October 1985 |
Time: | 20:40 |
Type: | Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
Owner/operator: | Sonoma Technology |
Registration: | N6726Y |
MSN: | 27-4058 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2784 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Santa Barbara, CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Camarillo, CA (CMA) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:ON OCT. 3, 1985, PIPTER PA-23-250 CRASHED INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN WHILE ON AN AIR SAMPLING FLT NEAR SANTA BARBARA, CA. THE AC WAS DESTROYED AND THE TWO PLTS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLT WAS TO BE FLOWN ALONG A PREDERMINED ROUTE UTILIZING LORAN NAVAIDS. THE AC OPERATOR WAS SURE THE WAY PLTS WERE CORRECT AND WERE ENTERED PROPERLY. THE AC WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH SANTA BARBARA APPROACH CONTROL AND REPORTED NO DIFFICULTIES. A REVIEW OF THIS INFO BY THE OPERATOR INDICATED THE AC WAS ON COURSE AS SCHEDULED. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X38056 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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