N7956Y
Piper PA-30 · built 1966
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
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Safety history
- August 22, 1982Accident
THE AIRCRAFT LOST RIGHT ENGINE POWER FOLLOWING DEPARTURE FROM SANTA CATALINA. UNABLE TO CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT TO AIRPORT ALTITUDE THE PILOT DECIDED TO PROCEED OVER THE OPEN SEA TO SAN CLEMENTE. ABOUT 19 MILES FROM THE ISLAND THE PILOT STATED HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND THE LEFT ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT DITCHED THE AIRCRAFT.