Piper PA-28-181 N8253W

Summary

On 4 June 2001 at about 02:32 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N8253W, operated by Air Desert Pacific, was involved in an accident near Lytle Creek, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 June 2001 at 02:32

Classification

Accident

Location

Lytle Creek, California, United States

Coordinates

33.1844, -117.4453

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N8253W

Category

Airplane

Operator

Air Desert Pacific

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Perris → LaVerne

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

LAX01FAMS2

1 person died.

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

On June 3, 2001, sometime after 1932 hours Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Piper PA-28-181, N8253W, became missing in the vicinity of Lytle Creek, California, on a flight from Perris Valley to Laverne, California. The airplane departed Perris Valley Airport at 1915 en route to Brackett Field in Laverne. Air Desert Pacific operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and rented it to the pilot for a personal flight. The operator reported the airplane was overdue on June 6 and the airplane had not been located as of June 14. The private pilot, the sole occupant, is missing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. No additional information is available.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.