# Accident 20060423007729A: Cessna T337C, Wrightwood, CA, April 23, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2006, 18:20 local time
- Place: Wrightwood, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3633° N, 117.6900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3633&lon=-117.6900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2620S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2620S-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337C (registry code 2075714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,792 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060423007729A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 4/23/2006, AT 17:51 N2620S DEPARTED FROM GENERAL FOX FIELD, LOCATED IN LANCASTER, CA ENROUTE TO EL CAJON, CA. N2620S WAS CLIMBING THROUGH TEN THOUSAND FEET OVER WRIGHTWOOD, CA ON A SOUTH EAST HEADING. THE VFR RATED PILOT CONTACTED JOSHUA APPROACH AND REQUESTED THE TOPS OF THE CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. APPROACH REPORTED THERE WERE NO CURRENT CLOUD TOP REPORTS FOR N2620'S CURRENT POSITION. THE PILOT OF N2620S THEN REPORTED THAT HE WAS IN THE SOUP. JOSHUA APPROACH ISSUED MVA INFORMATION. AT THIS TIME N2620S PERFORMED AN ABRUPT LEFT HAND 180 DEGREE TURN TO THE NORTH AT TEN THOUSAND FEET OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE. N2620S CONTINUED A GENTLE DESCENDING TURN TO THE WEST. N2620S IMPACTED THE TREE LINE ABOVE MOUNTAIN HIGH SKI RESORT AT THE EIGHT THOUSAND FOOT LEVEL. N2620S WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX06FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA148), Apr 23, 2006: Cessna T337C (N2620S), Wrightwood, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to continue VFR flight into instrument meteorological weather conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into mountainous terrain.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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