Piper PA-24-250 N6740P

Summary

On 18 December 1985 at about 00:46 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N6740P was involved in an accident near Canoga Park, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 December 1985 at 00:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Canoga Park, California, United States

Coordinates

34.2009, -118.6896

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N6740P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Camarillo → Huntington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

LAX86LA068

1 person had minor injuries.

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

WHILE THE PLT WAS CRUISIN IN HIS OWN ACFT, AN ENG OIL LEAK DEVELOPED, OIL PRESSURE DECREASED & ENG POWER WAS LOST, THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LDG ON A CITY STREET, ON APPROACH THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES & A FENCE, & THE ACFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN, EXAM OF THE PARTIALLY OIL COVERED ENG REVEALED THAT AN OIL FLEX HOSE TO THE OIL COOLER HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WRAPPED WITH A METALLIC-LIKE TAPE. THE HOSE, WHICH WAS OIL-COVERED, HAD A BRITTLE/CRUMBLY APPEARING CORE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.