Accident Overview
An aircraft collided with the ocean approximately 5 miles west of San Francisco, California, under undetermined circumstances. The pilot had rented the aircraft from a local fixed-base operator (FBO) and took two passengers on a local area flight. The aircraft never returned to its point of departure.
Recovery Efforts
Several days after the accident, the remains of one of the three occupants were located and pulled from the water. The right main landing gear wheel assembly was subsequently recovered by National Park Service personnel at a beach northwest of the Golden Gate Bridge. As of the filing of the report, no further wreckage of the airplane had been recovered.
Investigation Status
There were no witnesses to the accident. The circumstances leading to the collision remain undetermined. No probable cause has been stated in the source material.