Plane Crash List

Piper PA-30-160 N8441

23 August 1987 · Condord, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 23 August 1987 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA-30-160 registered N8441 was involved in an accident near Condord, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 22:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Condord, California, United States
Nearest airport
Buchanan Fld (CCR)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-30-160
Registration
N8441
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Concord → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX87LA316

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

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

AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPECTION THE ACFT WAS PREPARED FOR A TEST FLIGHT. THE PILOT LOADED 3 PASSENGERS AND BEGAN THE RUN-UP CHECKS. DURING RUN-UP THE LEFT ENGINE RAN ROUGH. AFTER THE ROUGHNESS CLEARED THE PILOT INITIATED THE TAKEOFF. AS THE ACFT ACCELERATED DOWN THE RWY THE LEFT ENGINE RAN ROUGH AGAIN AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. THE PILOT MADE ANOTHER RUN-UP CHECK AND ANOTHER TAKEOFF ATTEMPT WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED THRU 300 FEET MSL THE RT ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. THE CLIMB WAS CONTINUED TO 500 FEET MSL BEFORE THE POWER FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS REDUCED AND THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND FEATHERED THE PROPELLER. THE ACFT DESCENDED AS THE PILOT INITIATED A TURN TOWARDS THE AIRPORT AND IMPACTED THE MARSHY GROUND 2.75 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. POST ACC EXAM REVEALED WATER AND RUST PARTICILES ON THE INJECTOR DIAPHRAGM AND ON THE FUEL INLET SCREEN. AN AD WAS ISSUED ON THIS ACFT REQUIRING DAILY AND POST REFUELING CHECKS OF THE FUEL SYS BY DRAINING TO AVOID THE ACCUMULATION OF WATER AND SEDIMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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