Piper PA-24-250 N6503P

Summary

On 28 May 1982 at about 01:15 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N6503P, operated by William J. Lawson, was involved in an accident near Apple Valley, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 May 1982 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Apple Valley, California, United States

Coordinates

34.5700, -117.1508

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N6503P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

William J. Lawson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Saint George → Imperial

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA198

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING A FLIGHT FROM SAINT GEORGE, UT TO IMPERIAL, GA, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED FOG AS HE APPROACHED EL CAJON PASS, SOUTH OF APPLE VALLEY, CA. HE ATTEMPTED TO GO UNDER THE FOG BUT WAS UNABLE. HE REVERSED COURSE AND HEADED BACK TOWARD APPLE VALLEY. AS HE WAS PROCEEDING BACK TO APPLE VALLEY, THE ENGINE BEGAN LOSING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED DURING A LANDING ON LEVEL, ROUGH, DESERT TERRAIN. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND THE PILOT SHUT IT DOWN, REPORTEDLY, THE LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL TANKS HAD 10 AND 5 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING, RESPECTIVELY. A EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.