Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 16 JAN 1987 |
| Time: | 06:40 |
| Type: | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Operator: | California Air Charter |
| Registration: | N9613F |
| C/n / msn: | 208-00106 |
| First flight: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 126 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Cima, CA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Ontario International Airport, CA (ONT/KONT), United States of America |
| Las Vegas-North Air Terminal, NV (VGT/KVGT), United States of America |
While on a VFR flight from Ontario (ONT) to Las Vegas (VGT), the aircraft collided with mountainous terrain near the top of a 6500 feet (2000 m) high peak. Radar data showed that approx 20 min before the accident, the aircraft began a gradual descent from about FL100. This inadvertent descent was possibly caused by pilot fatigue (lack of sleep).
PROBABLE CAUSE:
"Altitude .. not maintained .. pilot in command
Descent .. inadvertent .. pilot in command
Fatigue(lack of sleep) .. pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
Terrain condition .. mountainous/hilly" Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Ontario International Airport, CA to Las Vegas-North Air Terminal, NV as the crow flies is 322 km (201 miles).
Distance from Ontario International Airport, CA to Las Vegas-North Air Terminal, NV as the crow flies is 322 km (201 miles).
