kstan

I'm pretty well convinced it probably has nothing to do with a crash. I may try and contact the NTSB anyways though just to see. Thank you for the help everybody!

The edge of it where the little hole is does look a little rough like perhaps it was broken off. Is there a better way I could take a picture of it so you might be able to see those fittings if they're on there? What exactly is a blade antenna? Is it a communications only type of device or does it have anything to do with being able to keep the plane flying? I'm starting to wonder if the plane this came off of didn't crash at all and it's just a random part that fell off in flight

The burn marks are likely from a wildfire, since all the accident reports from NTSB for aircraft crashes in that area make no mention of a pre or post accident fire. Still is kind of weird though, cause I didn't see any real evidence of a wildfire being in that particular area. Usually you find small peices of burnt wood, or stumps or something even from really old fires. Perhaps I didn't look hard enough though. Anyways, I'll attach some more photos of it. On one end there seems to be edges that kind of protrude perpendicular to the main structure of the peice, and on that same end there's a very small hole that runs right into the peice length wise and it has a little plastic housing. I'd really like to get this postively identified as a peice to a plane though, because so far my research into crashes in that area are a bit inconclusive.

Ya, I saw that during my research. It's the nearest crash from where i found the part, only thing is that the NTSB report has some details about the crash site that aren't realling jiving with where I found the part. The crash was at Eagle Peak, which is south from where I found the part and the plane had been on a northerly heading up until the crash

I have several years of experience working with and around aircraft as a wildland firefighter. I've mostly worked with helicopters bit I've spent some time around various kinds of fixed wing aircraft. Today while hiking out of a fire in the middle of a wilderness area where there's no trails, roads, towns or any sign of human activity. While walking my co worker stumbled upon a price of metal that looks alot like a part to an airplane. I researched aviaation accidents in the area and there's been several plane crashes near by over the years. I was hoping somebody might be able to identify the part and possibly point me in the right direction of where to find information. I found the part outside of Eagleville CA, and so far I've been researching a crash that happened in 2001 (N900RA). I was hoping to find a picture of the plane and compare the paintjob I'm the picture to that of the piece I found. Anyways, here's a picture of the part.