Cessna T206H accident near Borrego Springs, CA
On May 7, 2010, a Cessna T206H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Borrego Springs, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 7, 2010
- Place
- Borrego Springs, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna T206H · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.035°N, 116.118°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100507X12609
Official records · WPR10GA231
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 7, 2010, about 0944 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna T206H, N663HP, collided with mountainous terrain while in cruise flight in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park, near Borrego Springs, California. The airplane was operated by the California Highway Patrol as a public-use surveillance aircraft. The commercial pilot was fatally injured and the airplane was substantially damaged and consumed by a post accident fire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a company flight plan had been filed. The flight originated from Thermal, California, about 0715. Representatives of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) stated that between 0830 and 0920 the accident pilot was performing traffic surveillance activities with numerous CHP ground units in the vicinity of State Route (SR) 86 and Hoskins Street, 21 miles north of El Centro, California. The CHP officers decided to transfer their activities to Interstate-8 (I-8) and Dunaway Road, 14 miles west of El Centro. The CHP officers reported that by 1000 the airplane pilot had not checked in with them. At 1006, the dispatch operator for the California Department of Parks and Recreation received a call that someone saw smoke in the vicinity of Split Mountain (Anza Borrego). About 1600, wreckage of the CHP airplane was located on the east face of mountainous terrain, 2 miles north of Split Mountain. Radar data for the accident airplane was provided by Salt Lake City Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON). The pilot was using a discrete transponder code of 1232, which allowed the radar track data to be identif
Probable cause
The pilot suffered a sudden incapacitating event as a result of his severe cardiovascular disease.
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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.
