Piper PA-24-250 N6825P

Summary

On 22 August 1982 at about 16:30 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N6825P, operated by Kenneth Melvin Jackson, was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 August 1982 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Los Angeles, California, United States

Coordinates

34.0505, -118.3801

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N6825P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kenneth Melvin Jackson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Monica → Santa Monica

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA308

1 person 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 FLT DEPARTED SANTA MONICA AT 0830 FOR A LOCAL FLT. AT 0926 THE PLT CALLED FROM DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES FOR LANDING AT SANTA MONICA. AT 9028 THE PLT 3 MI EAST OF A VFR REPORTING POINT WITH ENG TROUBLE & THAT HE HAD TO COME DOWN. THE ACFT WING STRUCK THE ROOF OF A HOUSE IN A DENSELY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AREA COMING TO REST IN THE STREET ON TOP OF TWO CARS.THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE LINE TO THE CARBURETOR. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE RIGHT TANK WHICH WAS FOUND DRY. THE RUPTURED LEFT TANK CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 2 GALS. FIREMEN ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY AN ADDITIONAL 2 GALS HAD FLOWED OUT. ALL FUEL ON BOARD THE ACFT WAS USABLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.