Cessna T210L accident near San Jacinto, CA
On December 14, 2001, a Cessna T210L (airplane) was involved in an accident near San Jacinto, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 14, 2001
- Place
- San Jacinto, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.824°N, 116.887°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011228X02465
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 14, 2001, about 1528 Pacific standard time, a Cessna T210L, N210RE, collided with rising mountainous terrain during an instrument approach to the Hemet-Ryan (uncontrolled) Airport, about 4 nautical miles (nm) northeast of San Jacinto, California. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postimpact ground fire. The instrument rated private pilot was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the vicinity, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. At the time of the accident, the airplane was between the initial and final approach fixes and was approximately 5.9 nm east of the specified southerly approach course. The airplane was being operated as a personal flight under 14 CFR Part 91. Reportedly, the pilot had planned to fly to Hemet-Ryan to pickup relatives and transport them to Santa Monica, California, for a family gathering. The pilot departed from the Santa Monica Municipal Airport about 1446. At 1515, as the airplane was en route to the Hemet-Ryan Airport, a March Air Reserve Base (ARB) air traffic controller (March GCA) established radar contact with the accident airplane's pilot. The following minute the pilot advised the controller that he was descending from 7,000 to 6,000 feet mean sea level (msl). The controller informed the pilot that the altimeter was 29.68 inches of mercury. The pilot indicated that he desired to start the instrument approach to the Hemet-Ryan Airport at Seter. (Seter is the name of an initial approach fix depicted on the GPS-A initial approach procedure (IAP) ch
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of situational awareness and his failure to adhere to the prescribed instrument approach procedures, including the track and altitudes flown. The underlying reasons for the pilot's loss of situational awareness are unknown.
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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.
