- Date
- January 16, 1987, 06:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Cima, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9613FCessna 208
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870116000739A
- Case key
- 25371
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a day/vfr flt from ontario, CA to las vegas, NV, the acft collided with mountainous terrain near the top of a 6500' peak. Radar data showed that aprx 20 min before the acdnt, the acft began a gradual dscnt from about 10,000'. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft, eng or autoplt was found. The plt had a rest period on the previous day, but the investigation did not determine whether he had obtained any sleep before a 1700 PST flt. After the 1700 PST flt, he voluntarily flew on a late night flt with another company. That flt was delayed in returning & did not land at ontario until about 0500 PST the next morning. Aprx 41 min later, the plt took off on the acdnt flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9613F
- Reported as
- Cessna 208
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20800106
- Airframe hours
- 126
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A, 600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- California Air Charter
- Registered owner
- Cessna Finance Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 31, 1986 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- ONT · Ontario, CA
- Destination
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,478 total · 91 in this make and model · 2,321 as pilot in command · 265 in the last 90 days · 88 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 51 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.