# NTSB LAX87FA142: Cessna P206B, N58RS, Green Valley, CA, February 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 23, 1987, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Green Valley, CA
- Coordinates: 34.240699, -117.070671 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2407&lon=-117.0707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25388
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87FA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25388/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA142

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight briefing service - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)

## Analysis

A CESSNA P206B COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. AN UNOFFICAL WEATHER OBSERVATION TAKEN THE DAY OF OCCURRENCE 12 MILES EAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE INDICATED AN INDEFINITE 100 FOOT CEILING, 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY WITH SNOW SHOWERS, TEMPERATURE 30 DEG, AND WINDS FROM 270 DEG AT 25 KNOTS. THE ACFT WAS MISSING FOR 18 DAYS. THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVING ANY WEATHER BRIEFING SERVICES. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PILOT HAD OBTAINED HIS PILOT'S CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATE THROUGH FRAUDULENT MEANS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N58RS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58RS-1997-11-06), registration cancelled 1997-11-06, S/N P2060388 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206B
- Registry model: [Cessna P206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206b) (registry code 2073309) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0388
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John A. Morrow
- Registered owner: Morrow, John A
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BLD, BOULDER CITY, NV
- Destination: FUL, FULLERTON, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, invalid medical for flight; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 200 total, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 25 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 100 ft overcast
- Temperature: 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: L35, 12 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870223005869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870223005869A), Feb 23, 1987: Cessna P206B, Green Valley, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into trees on a cloud obscured mountainside. Low ceilings and snowshowers. Medical denied due heart problems.

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.

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