Cessna 421C accident near Eagle Mountain, CA
On March 12, 1993, a Cessna 421C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Eagle Mountain, CA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 12, 1993
- Place
- Eagle Mountain, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 421C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.830°N, 116.289°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11996
NTSB summary
History of the Flight On March 11, 1993, at about 2020 hours Pacific standard time (PST), a Cessna 421C, N2656N, collided with mountainous terrain after an inflight break up 10 miles southwest of Eagle Mountain, California. The pilot was conducting a visual flight rules return flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91 to its home base at Avi Suquilla Airport, Parker, Arizona, after completing an air ambulance flight under Title 14 CFR Part 135. The pilot had filed and activated a company flight plan. The airplane, operated by Critical Air Medicine, San Diego, California, was destroyed by impact and the post-impact fire. The certificated commercial pilot and two flight nurses were fatally injured. The flight originated at Bermuda Dunes, California, at 2000 hours. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot notified the operator's dispatcher via telephone that the airplane was departing the Burmuda Dunes Airport and informed the dispatcher of the estimated time of arrival at Parker, Arizona. This was the last known record of communications with the pilot. When the airplane failed to arrive at its destination and after a brief telephone search to locate it, the operator reported the airplane overdue. The operator initiated a ground and aerial search within two hours. The accident area was overflown on several occasions by search aircraft during the evening of the accident. The search was eventually suspended until daylight the following day. Search personnel located the airplane wreckage at 1200 hours PST on March 12, 1993. There were no survivors or witnesses to the a
Probable cause
FAILURE OF THE LEFT ELEVATOR FOR UNDETERMINED REASON(S), WHICH RESULTED IN FLUTTER AND FAILURE OF THE EMPENNAGE, AND SUBSEQUENT UNCONTROLLED COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
