Piper PA-32R-301T N8214L
23 September 1982 · San Gorgonio, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 23 September 1982 at about 23:27 local time, a Piper PA-32R-301T registered N8214L, operated by Douglas Kruse, was involved in an accident near San Gorgonio, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 23:27
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Gorgonio, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32R-301T
- Registration
- N8214L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Douglas Kruse
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Phoenix → Long Beach
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX82FUG17
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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
THE ACFT CRASHED INTO THE SOUTH FACE OF MOUNT SAN GORGONIO AT APPROXIMATELY 8,300 FT MSL. IT APPEARED THE ACFT WAS IN LEVEL FLT & AT A HIGH SPEED AT IMPACT. WITNESSES IN THE AREA REPORTED THE WEATHER WAS VFR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-32R accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 1982 | Piper PA-32R | Brownsville, California, United States | Steve Grimm Golden Bear Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1982 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Lambsburg, Virginia, United States | Air Security Transport Corpora | Fatal | 4 |
| 29 Mar 1982 | Piper PA-32R | Rochester, Massachusetts, United States | GEN. Enterprises, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Apr 1982 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Ruidoso Muni, New Mexico, United States | Curtis Lewis | Fatal | 3 |
| 11 May 1982 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Iuka, Mississippi, United States | David Harris | Fatal | 3 |
| 26 Nov 1982 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Gustavus, Alaska, United States | Layton A . Bennett | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1982 | Piper PA-28R-201T | Truckee, California, United States | Larry Laurich | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 1982 | Cessna 180K | El Cajon, California, United States | Hartley Warren | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 1982 | Cessna 182 | Truckee, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 Jun 1982 | Cessna 205 | El Centro, California, United States | Thomas James Sullivan | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 May 1982 | Cessna 182 | Truckee, California, United States | Charlie Roeschen | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Nov 1982 | Cessna 172 | Antioch, California, United States | Executive Air | No injuries | - |