Date:	Sunday 6 February 1983
Time:	17:30
Type:	Cessna T210N
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N1244U
MSN:	64680
Total airframe hrs:	140 hours
Engine model:	CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gorman, CA -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Bakersfield, CA (BFL)
Destination airport:	Van Nuys, CA (VNY)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING BEFORE TAKEOFF, BUT DID NOT FILE A FLT PLAN. APRX 35 MIN LATER, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING LOW OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 5 NEAR THE GORMAN VOR & TEJON PASS. A PATROLMAN THAT SAW THE ACFT ESTIMATED THAT IT CROSSED APRX 25 FT OVER A HIGHWAY ACCESS BRIDGE. HE ESTIMATED THE CLOUD LAYER IN THAT AREA WAS ABOUT 75 FT AGL, BUT NEAR THE SUMMIT, THE CEILING WAS APRX 15 FT. AFTER CROSSING THE BRIDGE, THE ACFT DISAPPEARED FROM THE PATROLMAN'S VIEW. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS FOUND WHERE IT CRASHED ON THE GORMAN MOUNTAINSIDE, ABOVE THE HIGHWAY AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 4300 FT MSL. AN INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE WAS MADE, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF AN INFLIGHT STRUCTURAL FAILURE WAS FOUND. CAUSE:

NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X42224

Owners footnote:

This was my brand new airplane - barely 3 months. On FBO leaseback at VNY Pioneer Aviation. PIC was CFII on way home Sunday night scudrunning. His wife and another couple aboard. Children left orphans. Two years of legal & financial mess.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Oct-2008 10:30	ASN archive	Added
18-Oct-2010 13:56	James	Updated [Source]