Mojave Nat'l Preserve Piper PA-28 N1681J 12/28/16
Read MoreOn 4/17/88 the Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee N1681J went missing while on a flight from Bullhead City, Arizona to Whiteman Airport in Pacoima, California. After an eight day search that covered 8,000 square miles, the Civil Air Patrol located the plane in the Providence Mountains in a box canyon. The pilot and his wife were killed in the accident.
The crash site comes back into view as I approach it. The first half mile only took twenty minutes, it took a hour and a half more to get to this point. All the dead looking bushes are cat claw. The only reason I didn't turn around an hour ago was that I was able to spot the site at the start and knew it was there.