Piper PA-28-180 N6574J

Summary

On 31 March 1988 at about 22:33 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N6574J was involved in an accident near Torrance, California, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 March 1988 at 22:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Torrance, California, United States

Nearest airport

Torrance (TOA)

Coordinates

33.8009, -118.3491

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N6574J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Torrance → Compton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX88FA144

1 person was seriously 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

JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS INOPERATIVE. THE PLT NOTIFIED THE TOWER THAT HE WAS RETURNING FOR LANDING AND STATED THE PROBLEM. DURING THE TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL APPROACH, THE PILOT OVERSHOT BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT RWYS. THE ACFT WAS LANDED TO THE LEFT AND SHORT OF THE RWYS WHERE, DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TWO PARKED VEHICLES. INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS, HOWEVER, DUCT TAPE WAS FOUND WRAPPED AROUND THE PITOT VANE. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS REVEALED A PITOT/STATIC TEST WAS ACCOMPLISHED JUST PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT. THE MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED THE TEST STATED THAT HE DID NOT REMOVE THE TAPE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.