Descripción del Accidente ASN 28 MAR 2006 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N208WE - Oak Glen, CA
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:martes 28 marzo 2006
Hora:16:55
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic C208 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Operador:Cessna Aircraft
Registración: N208WE
Numéro de série: 208B1171
Año de Construcción: 2006
Horas Totales de la Célula:52
Motores: 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0
Total:Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:1,2 km (0.8 milles) N of Oak Glen, CA (   Estados Unidos de América)
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Demostración
Aeropuerto de Salida:Thermal Airport, CA (TRM/KTRM), Estados Unidos de América
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Ontario International Airport, CA (ONT/KONT), Estados Unidos de América
Descripción:
Cessna 208 N208WE was owned by Cessna and used to market Caravans to customers. The Caravan's regional sales manager for the western U.S. and Canada departed the Cessna plant at Wichita-Cessna Aircraft Field, KS (CEA) on March 27. At North Las Vegas (VGT) the pilot met with the president of Pacific Aircraft Sales. Both men departed the next day to Kingman, AZ (IGM) and then on to Thermal (TRM). In the area of TRM, the two pilots conducted a demonstration flight for a prospective customer. After the demonstration flight an IFR flight plan was filed for a flight to Ontario, CA (ONT) with a planned en route altitude of 10,000 feet. The airplane departed at approximately 16:35. About 16:55 the flight had reached an altitude of about 8500 feet.
At that time the Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control controller advised the pilots that radar contact was established that they were heading into rising terrain. The controller asked, "Do you have the terrain in sight?" At 16:55:03, one of the pilots responded "8 Whiskey Echo, we're maneuvering away from the terrain right now." Nine seconds later radio contact was lost. The Cessna struck a ridge and crashed. The elevation at the accident site was 6,073 feet.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological weather conditions and his subsequent failure to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering, that led to a stall/spin."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: NTSB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 2 years and 2 months
Accident number: LAX06FA131
Download report: Summary report

Fuentes:
» NTSB
» Plane crash kills Cessna employee (The Wichita Eagle, 30-3-2006)


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Distance from Thermal Airport, CA to Ontario International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 141 km (88 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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