Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Cima, California 92323
Friday, January 16, 1987 6:40 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 1/16/1987
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 640
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City CIMA
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 92323
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 1
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 46
Degrees magnetic from airport 215
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 650 Pacific Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 23
Weather Observation Facility ID LAS
Elevation of weather observation facility 2174
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 40
Time Zone of the weather observation PST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 8000
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) 51
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -1
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -17
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 340
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
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 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2432
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jan 16 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1500
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 36632
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 1:36PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9613F
NTSB Number LAX87FA087
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed Company VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 208
Aircraft Series Identifier 208
Aircraft Serial Number 20800106
Certified Max Gross Weight 7000
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 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection AAIP
Date of Last Inspection Oct 31 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 28
Airframe Hours 126
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name CESSNA FINANCE CORP.
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 308
Aircraft Owner City WITCHITA
Aircraft Owner State KS
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 67201
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name CALIFORNIA AIR CHARTER
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 4700 EMPIRE BLVD. HANGAR #1
Operator City BURBANK
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 915051098
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? Yes
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Cargo
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code ONT
Departure City ONTARIO
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 541
Departure Time Zone PST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code VGT
Destination City LAS VEGAS
Destination State NV
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
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 --