| Date: | Friday 16 January 1987 |
| Time: | 06:40 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Owner/operator: | California Air Charter |
| Registration: | N9613F |
| MSN: | 20800106 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 126 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cima, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Ontario International Airport, CA (ONT/KONT) |
| Las Vegas-North Air Terminal, NV (VGT/KVGT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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