THE DTSB
Pending. The aircraft crashed either on landing or during a failed go-around and caught fire, both occupants were unable to get out. The flight was likely an instructional flight as the owner is listed as a student pilot.
Key facts
- DateJuly 13, 2025
- Local time9:40 PM
- LightNight
- WeatherVMC
- Phase of flightLanding
- People on board2
- Fatalities2
- AirportKEED
Accident Location
- City, State
- Needles, California
- Latitude
- 34.764167
- Longitude
- -114.623611
- Airport ID
- KEED
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N8375W
- Make
- Piper
- Model
- PA28-180
- Category / Class
- Aircraft Single Engine Land
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Pilot in command
- Harbans, Gajan Singh
- Gender
- Male
- Certification
- Student Pilot
- IFR rating
- No
- Medical
- None
- Flight school
- No
- Instructional flight
- Unknown
Analysis
- Weather
- VMC
- Time of day
- Night
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Pilot error
- Unknown
- Pilot incapacitation
- No
- People on board
- 2
- PIC fatality
- 1
- Passenger fatalities
- 1
- Total fatalities
- 2
- NTSB travel
- Unknown
- AQP category
- UNKNOWN →
Probable Cause
NTSB
None yet (final report not yet published).
Recommendation
THE DTSB
Pending.
NTSB
None issued. NTSB recommendations are rare and usually tied to high-profile accidents.
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