Piper PA-34-200 N55334

Summary

On 17 March 1993 at about 07:40 local time, a Piper PA-34-200 registered N55334, operated by George F. Woll, was involved in an accident near Carpenteria, California, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 March 1993 at 07:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Carpenteria, California, United States

Coordinates

34.4295, -119.5204

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200

Registration

N55334

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

George F. Woll

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Van Nuys → Santa Barbara

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX93FA153

6 people died.

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 FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM AN AIRPORT ABOUT 2307, AFTER THE CONTROL TOWER CLOSED. THE PILOT HAD OBTAINED A BRIEFING FROM FSS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE; NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS REPORTED FOR THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT OR THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. RECONSTRUCTED RADAR DATA INDICATED THE AIRPLANE FLEW TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN MADE A TURN TO THE NORTHWEST. THE RADAR DATA SHOWED WHAT IS THOUGHT TO BE THE AIRPLANE IN LEVEL FLIGHT FOR SEVERAL MILES. AT A POINT ABOUT 35 MI FROM THE PROBABLE LOCATION OF IMPACT WITH THE OCEAN, RADAR DATA SHOWS THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A DESCENT OF ABOUT 300 FEET PER MINUTE UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR ABOUT 1 MI OFFSHORE. THE NEXT MORNING, CREWMEMBERS FROM A COMMERCIAL BOAT FOUND AIRPLANE DEBRIS FLOATING IN THE WATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.