According to a San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department release, on Sunday, November 9, 2008, a 1972 single-engine Piper airplane was reported missing. The plane was overdue on a flight from Baja California, Mexico en route to Hesperia. The plane was believed to have been occupied by four persons. The Hesperia Police Department initiated an investigation and Sheriff’s Aviation and the Civil Air Patrol began searching.
On Monday, November 10, 2008 at approximately 12:30 p.m., the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department helicopter located a plane down in the area of San Gorgonio Summit. Due to weather conditions and the location of the wreckage recovery efforts were postponed until Tuesday morning at sunrise.
On Tuesday, November 11, 2008 two Coroner Investigators along with eight Search and Rescue personnel were inserted into the San Gorgonio Peak area. Rescue personnel were then required to repel down to the plane wreckage. Due to extensive damage to the aircraft, tail numbers were not visible to aid in the identification of the wreckage. Due to the remote location of the plane crash, it took several hours for the bodies of the victims to be extracted from the crash site.
Before releasing the identity of the victims, positive identification and notification will be done by the Coroner’s Division.
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