Piper PA 24-260 N8761P

Summary

On 27 December 1983 at about 02:35 local time, a Piper PA 24-260 registered N8761P was involved in an accident near Fontana, 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

27 December 1983 at 02:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Fontana, California, United States

Coordinates

34.0797, -117.4608

Aircraft

Piper PA 24-260

Registration

N8761P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Calexico → Rialto

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX84FA113

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A ELECTRICAL POWER LINE TOWER AT NIGHT DURING IMC WEATHER. THE TOWER WAS STRUCK AT 40 FT AGL. THEPLT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FOR THIS FLT AND VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. WITESSES HEARD THE ACFT FLY OVER AT AN ESTIMATED 200-300 FT IN DENSE FOG AND RAIN. WITNESSES HEARD THE CRASH AND CALLED THE SHERIFF WHO RESPONDED AND FOUND THE WRECKAGE SCATTERED BELOW THE TOWER FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 300 FT. THE PLT DID NOT HAVE AN INSTRUMENT RATING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.