Livermore Muni. Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Livermore, California 94550
Tuesady, October 6, 1987 19:39 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE RIGHT ENGINE RAN ROUGH DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB PHASE OF A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT ADVISED THE TOWER CONTROLLER OF THE AIRCRAFTS LOSS OF POWER AND ENTERED THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND IT COLLIDED WITH AN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION POLE AND IMPACTED IN A STREET. A POST ACC ENG EXAM SHOWED THAT THE CARBURETOR WAS OBSTRUCTED BY RUST.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/6/1987
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1939
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City LIVERMORE
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 94550
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport LIVERMORE MUNI.
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LVK
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 397
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 20
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 250
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 425
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2518
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 6 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1950
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37175
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:55PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N2077P
NTSB Number LAX88LA007
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name PIPER
Aircraft Model PA-23-150
Aircraft Series Identifier PA-23-150
Aircraft Serial Number 23664
Certified Max Gross Weight 3800
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 5
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Apr 2 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 6
Airframe Hours 8430
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name HAROLD R. CAMDEN
Aircraft Owner Street Address 3515 STOAKES AVE.
Aircraft Owner City SAN LEANDRO
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 94577
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1930
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 25
Runway Length 4005
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --