Piper PA-28RT-201T N8094F

Summary

On 21 September 1982 at about 22:21 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T registered N8094F, operated by Danforth & Assoc., was involved in an accident near Malibu, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 September 1982 at 22:21

Classification

Accident

Location

Malibu, California, United States

Coordinates

34.0592, -118.8101

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201T

Registration

N8094F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Danforth & Assoc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Monica → Santa Monica

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA347

Nobody was injured.

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 ENG SEIZED APPROXIMATELY 3500 FT & THE ACFT WAS DITCHED OFF THE BEACH. THE RIGHT MAG DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK SHOWED EVIDENCE OF CARBON TRACKING & CROSS FIRING. NEITHER END OF THE RIGHT MAG HAD BREATHER PLUGS INSTALLED. ALL SPARK PLUGS WERE EXCESSIVELY FOULED & SEVERELY ERODED. SPRINGS ON THE SPARK PLUGS LEADS WERE BURNED & DIRTY. THE #1 CONROD WAS SPLITLENGTHWISE & WAS IN SEVERAL PIECES. EXAMINATION OF THE LOG BOOK SHOWED IMPROPER MAINTENANCE PRACTICES SUCH AS OVERHAULING A CYLINDER & INSTALLING DETERGENT TYPE OIL. NO EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH TELEDYNE SERVICE BULLETIN #612 COULD BE FOUND. THIS BULLETIN RECOMMENDS PERIODIC MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES TO ESTABLISH CLEANING & INSPECTION GUIDELINES GOVERNING BENDIX MAGNETOS & IGNITION HARNESSES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.