Piper PA-30 N7982Y

Summary

On 10 October 1986 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7982Y, operated by Bill Boucher, was involved in an accident near Oceanside, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 October 1986 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Oceanside, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N7982Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Bill Boucher

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Jose → San Diego

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA013

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

DURING A X-COUNTRY FLT, THE PLT STATED, THAT JUST SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL ARPT, THE ACFT'S RIGHT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. AT THE SAME TIME PWR IN THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN DECREASING, THEN THE PROP AUTOMATICALLY FEATHERED. THE PLT ATTEMPTED A RE-START WITH NO SUCCESS. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT, THE PLT DITCHED THE ACFT APRX 2 MILES OFF SHORE. POST ACCIDENT EXAM REVEALED THE LEFT ENGINE OIL DRAIN PLUG WAS MISSING. THE OIL DRAIN PLUG ON THE RIGHT ENG WAS FOUND LOOSE AND THE QUICK DRAIN WAS OPEN AND UNLOCKED. NEITHER ENGINE SHOWED EVIDENCE OF HEAT DAMAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.