# Accident 20140919022639A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Borrego Springs, CA, September 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2014, 09:30 local time
- Place: Borrego Springs, CA
- Airport: Borrego Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2367° N, 116.2247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2367&lon=-116.2247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3037H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3037H-2018-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 21 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14FA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA381) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140919022639A

## Narrative

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

DURING A PART 91 FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FROM THERMAL AIRPORT IN SOUITHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH AND THEN WEST TO BORREGO SPRINGS, CA WHERE THE PILOT DID A T0UCH AND GO.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION UNTIL IT STRUCK THE SIDE OF A HILL, KILLING THE PILOT.  INVESTIGATORS COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF AIRCRAFT FAILURE.  NTSB LAB EVALUATED THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT INSTRUMENT MEMORY CHIP AND DISCOVERED WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE PROFILE OF A SPIN.  CORONER AND TOXICOLOGY REPORTS OFFERED NO EVIDENCE FOR CAUSE.

## 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 WPR14FA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA381), Sep 19, 2014: Cessna 162 (N3037H), Borrego Springs, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to recover from a stall, which resulted in a subsequent spin from which he did not recover because he did not immediately apply the proper stall and spin recovery techniques.

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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