ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35624
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| Date: | Sunday 7 June 1998 |
| Time: | 18:05 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Desert Pacific |
| Registration: | N16344 |
| MSN: | 28R-7335131 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8564 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-C1C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lytle Creek, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas, NV (KLAS) |
| La Verne, CA (KPOC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The non-instrument rated pilot contacted approach control while returning from a cross-country flight and requested a VFR descent, which was approved. The descent area was over mountainous terrain obscured in clouds. During the last radio contact with the pilot, he reported he was descending out of 5,300 feet msl. The wreckage was located at 5,250 feet msl. Pilot reports confirmed the obscuration of the mountain pass where the accident occurred.
Probable Cause: the pilot's intentional VFR descent into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in a collision with mountainous terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX98FA189
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Apr-2024 11:03 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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