Piper PA-32R N38352

1 May 1980 · Needles, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 1 May 1980 at about 12:04 local time, a Piper PA-32R registered N38352, operated by Great American, was involved in an accident during in flight near Needles, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 May 1980 at 12:04
Classification: Accident
Location: Needles, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32R
Registration: N38352
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Great American
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Livermore, Ca → Albuquerque, Nm
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2709

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

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

NEEDLES 1150MST WX.SEARCH PLANE REPORTED 2500FT AGL CIG, RAIN APRX 1300MST.4 DOGS, GAME FOWL ONBOARD

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2709, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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