- Date
- October 6, 1990, 04:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Riverside, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9466TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901006044419A
- Case key
- 27037
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Probable cause
Impairment of the pilot from use of drugs (cocaine), and his failure to maintain clearance (or altitude) from the mountain. Factors related to the accident were: darkness and the pilot's psychological condtion (depression).
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot took the airplane without permission of the owner and flew it from an airport near his residence. After about 25 minutes, the airplane collided with the west side of mt rubidoux, which was about one mile east-southeast of the airport. An exam of the crash site revealed evidence that the airplane impacted the rising terrain while in a near level flight attitude. Acquaintances reported the pilot was familiar with the area, having flown from the airport for over 10 years. Reportedly, he had recently become unemployed and was depressed. Toxocology results indicated the presence of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in the pilot's blood at levels of 340 and 1330 ng/ml, respectively.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9466T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57266
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Kurtz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1990
- Departed
- RIR · Riverside, CA
- Airport
- RIR · Flabob
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 25 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ONT, 11 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.