Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Coalinga, California 93210
Monday, February 15, 1993 18:55 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER DEPARTED THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA FOR AN EVENING FLIGHT TO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. HE CONTACTED APPROACH CONTROL FOR ENTRY INTO THE LOS ANGELES TCA AND THROUGH THE VFR CORRIDOR OVER LAX. THE PILOT THEN CLIMBED OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN TO 10500 FEET MSL, AND INTERCEPTED THE V 107 AIRWAY. AFTER PASSING THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THE PILOT DESCENDED TO 4500 FEET MSL, ON V 107. ACCORDING TO THE JEPPESEN LOW ALTITUDE ENROUTE CHARTS THREE AND FOUR, THE MINIMUM ENROUTE ALTITUDE FOR THAT SEGMENT OF THE AIRWAY IS 7000 FEET MSL. ACCORDING TO THE SAN FRANCISCO SECTIONAL AERONAUTICAL CHART THE MAXIMUM ELEVATION FIGURE (MEF), FOR THE ACCIDENT AREA IS 5600 FEET MSL. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED 4500 FOOT WRIGHT MOUNTAIN ABOUT 80 FEET BELOW A RIDGE LINE IN LEVEL FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE RADAR DATA THE AIRPLANE GROUND SPEED WAS ABOUT 160 KNOTS WHEN RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST ABOUT TWO AND ONE HALF MILES WEST OF V 107. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VMC, HOWEVER, THE NIGHT WAS DARK. THE PILOT WAS FLYING WITH AN INVALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE PILOTS INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND HIS FAILURE TO SELECT A CRUISE ALTITUDE WHICH WOULD ENSURE ADEQUATE TERRAIN CLEARANCE DURING THE NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE MOUNTAINOUS NATURE OF THE TERRAIN AND THE DARK NIGHT LIGHT CONDITIONS
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 2/15/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1855 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | COALINGA |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 93210 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1855 Pacific Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 80 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | NLC |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 234 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 30 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 13 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 4 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 160 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 2 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 246 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Feb 18 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 630 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 52257 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:09PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N761NE |
| NTSB Number | LAX93FA125 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | T210M |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | T210M |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 21062380 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3800 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 17 1992 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CSY INVESTMENTS |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2260 DOUGLAS BLVD. STE. 240 |
| Aircraft Owner City | ROSEVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 95661 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CSY INVESTMENTS |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 2260 DOUGLAS BLVD. STE. 240 |
| Operator City | ROSEVILLE |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 95661 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SNA |
| Departure City | SANTA ANA |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1730 |
| Departure Time Zone | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | 051 |
| Destination City | LINCOLN |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |