Piper PA-28R-200 accident near Lytle Creek, CA
On June 8, 1998, a Piper PA-28R-200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lytle Creek, CA. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 8, 1998
- Place
- Lytle Creek, CA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.250°N, 117.541°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10338
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 7, 1998, about 1805 hours, Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-200, N16344, was destroyed after colliding with mountainous terrain in the Cajon Pass area near Lytle Creek, California. The pilot and the three passengers all received fatal injuries. The aircraft, owned and operated by Air Desert Pacific, La Verne, California, was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated at Las Vegas, Nevada, on the day of the accident at 1634. The rented aircraft was returning to Pomona, California, after a personal cross-country flight to Las Vegas that originated on June 6, 1998. The pilot obtained a preflight weather briefing from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reno, Nevada, Automated Flight Service Station at 1206 for the Las Vegas to Pomona route. En route at 1843, the pilot contacted High Desert Tracon (Joshua Approach) 27 miles southwest of Daggett at 8,600 feet for VFR advisories to Pomona. The pilot was issued a transponder code of 4610. The flight was handed off to SOCAL Tracon while over Victorville, California. The pilot contacted SOCAL over Hesperia, California, and requested a VFR descent from 8,500 feet msl. The request was approved. A call to SOCAL from the aircraft requesting "verify 23 miles from Pomona" was made by a voice other than the pilot. The controller said "I did not quite understand that sir, but you can continue your own navigation and descend at pilot's discretion for the airport
Probable cause
the pilot's intentional VFR descent into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in a collision with mountainous terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
