ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37102
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| Date: | Saturday 23 December 1995 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-250 |
| Owner/operator: | Lavern K. Deberg |
| Registration: | N7304P |
| MSN: | 24-2479 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-A1D5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Death Valley, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nervino, CA (0O2) |
| Lake Havasu, AZ (KHII) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The non-instrument rated pilot departed northern California on December 23, 1995, on a cross-country flight to Arizona. He did not file a flight plan. He failed to arrive and a search was initiated without success. On June 27, 1996, microwave technicians spotted the wreckage en route to an antenna site. The aircraft collided with the crest of a ridge line in a near level cruise flight attitude. The emergency locator beacon had been destroyed by impact and postcrash fire damage. A resort in the area had been called during the initial search to see if the pilot landed there as he had in the past. Resort personnel reported that there had been no aircraft traffic that day due to low clouds, rain, and snow showers. The wreckage was located about 16 miles from the resort.
Probable Cause: the non-instrument rated pilot's intentional VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX96FA249
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 09-Apr-2024 10:21 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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