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Aviation Accident Preliminary Report - National Transportation Safety Board: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdf
https://registry.faa.gov/N9217B
Location: Redlands, CA
Accident Number: WPR20LA169
Date & Time: 06/05/2020, 0801 PDT
Registration: N9217B
Aircraft: Cessna 175
Injuries: 3 Fatal
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Personal
On July 5, 2020, about 0801 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 175, N9217B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Redlands, California. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
Recorded Autmatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) showed that the airplane departed Big Bear City Airport (L35), Big Bear City, California at 0745, and proceeded southwesterly as it ascended to 9,300 ft mean sea level (msl). At 0751:36, the airplane began a descent followed by a left turn to a southeasterly heading; about 3 minutes, 12 seconds later, the airplane descended through 7,200 ft msl.
About 3 minutes later, a right turn to a southerly heading was observed about 5,150 ft msl. At 0758:29, a left 270° turn was observed at 5,125 ft msl. The data showed that the airplane completed the turn at 0759:15, on a west-northwesterly heading at 5,275 ft msl. About one minute later, a left turn to a southwesterly heading at 3,975 ft msl was observed. The airplane remained on a southwesterly heading and continued to descend until ADS-B contact was lost at 0800:58, at an altitude of 2,775 ft, about 436 ft northeast of the accident site.
Figure 1: ADS-B data overlay in Google Earth.There are no known witnesses to the accident sequence. San Bernardino County Sheriff Air Units located the wreckage at 1630.
Examination of the accident site by a FAA inspector revealed that the airplane impacted terrain on a southwesterly heading. The wreckage debris path was about 80 ft in length and contained all major structural components of the airplane. The wreckage was recovered to a secure location.
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: Cessna
Registration: N9217B
Model/Series: 175
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Amateur Built: No
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: Instrument Conditions
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: KSBD, 1159 ft msl
Observation Time: 1450 UTC
Distance from Accident Site: 8 Nautical Miles
Temperature/Dew Point: 17°C / 14°C
Lowest Cloud Condition:
Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 6 knots / , 230°
Lowest Ceiling: Overcast / 1100 ft agl
Visibility: 4 Miles
Altimeter Setting: 29.84 inches Hg
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Departure Point: Big Bear City, CA (L35)
Destination: Redlands, CA (REI)
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: 2 Fatal
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 3 Fatal
Latitude, Longitude: 34.064722, -117.080000
The three people who died in a plane crash on June 5 on a remote ridge in the Crafton Hills Reserve have been identified as residents of Big Bear Valley.
On Thursday, June 25, the San Bernardino County coroner’s office identified the pilot as Christopher Hart, a 64-year-old resident of Big Bear City. He was a graduate for Big Bear High School, according to his Facebook page.
Hart was carrying two passengers, 40-year-old Shery Doucette and her 11-year-old daughter Gineva of Big Bear Lake, who also perished. Shery Doucette was an administrative analyst for the Big Bear Airport, said a spokeswoman.
A gofundme page has raised more than $15,000 for funeral expenses. Shery Doucette left behind three sons, Cole, Rusty and Reed.
The plane was a fixed-wing, single-engine Cessna 175 built in 1958, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. According to published reports citing a preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Board, the plane took off from Big Bear Airport at 7:45 a.m. bound for Redlands Municipal Airport.
On the day of the crash, a passerby reported seeing the plane above the city of Redlands Tate Water Treatment Plant, south of Highway 38. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Aviation Division personnel responded to the area, located the downed plane and confirmed the deaths.
A Redlands police officer was stationed below the ridge to monitor the crash site overnight to ensure that it was not disturbed, said a report issued by the city of Redlands on June 8.
At about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, eight Redlands firefighters, a Redlands police officer, two investigators from the coroner’s division and an FAA investigator met at the U.S. Forest Service Ranger Station on Bryant Street. The personnel along with about 300 pounds of equipment were taken by helicopter to the crash site overlooking Mill Creek Road. They hiked down the ridge to the wreckage about 50 yards below.
While the FAA investigator assessed the plane and the crash site, a team of four Redlands firefighters shored up the wreckage to prevent it from slipping down the ridge during the recovery operation. Another team of firefighters used the Jaws of Life to cut into the wreckage and remove the bodies of the pilot and two passengers.
The firefighters placed the remains of the victims on stretchers and carried them up the hill to the top of the ridge, where coroner investigators performed a preliminary investigation.
At about 12:30 p.m., the entire team and the remains of the victims were transported off the ridge by helicopter.
https://www.redlandscommunitynews.com
Redlands Fire Department
Fire crews recover victims killed in plane crash from remote site
Two teams of Redlands Firefighters were transported by helicopter Saturday, June 6, to recover the bodies of three people killed in a plane crash a day earlier on a remote ridge at the east end of the City.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Aviation Division transported the eight firefighters, along with a Redlands Police Officer, two investigators from the county Sheriff’s Coroner’s Division, a Federal Aviation Administration investigator and about 300 pounds of equipment to the crash site overlooking Mill Creek Road.
On Friday, June 5, a passerby reported seeing the wreckage of a small plane in the Crafton Hills Preserve above the City of Redlands Tate Water Treatment Plant, south of Highway 38. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Aviation Division personnel responded to the area and located the downed plane, a single-engine Cessna 175, and confirmed the death of the three occupants.
Because of the difficulty in reaching the site, the Redlands Fire Department made a plan with the Sheriff’s Department’s Aviation Division to access the site by helicopter the next day. A Redlands Police officer was stationed below the ridge to monitor the crash site overnight to ensure that it was not disturbed before investigators and recovery crews could be airlifted in.
At about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, the teams met at the United States Forest Service Ranger Station on Bryant Street and were transported to the site where they hiked down the ridge to the wreckage about 50 yards below.
While the FAA investigator assessed the plane and the crash site, a team of four Redlands firefighters shored up the wreckage to prevent it from slipping down the ridge during the recovery operation. Then another team of firefighters used the Jaws of Life to cut into the wreckage and remove the bodies of the pilot and two passengers.
The firefighters placed the remains of the victims on stretchers and carried them up the hill to the top of the ridge, where Coroner’s Office investigators performed a preliminary investigation.
At about 12:30 p.m., the entire team and the remains of the victims were transported off the ridge by helicopter.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
UPDATE: Big Bear News – Big Bear Lake – Mentone, California – Big Bear Airport regrets to report that on Friday, June 5th, an airplane registered to Big Bear resident, Chris Hark was involved in a fatal accident near Redlands. It has been confirmed that two of the fatalities were Shery Doucette, an airport employee, and her 11-year old daughter, Gineva. Our condolences are with friends and families of the victims.
Big Bear News – Big Bear Lake – Mentone, California – A plane crash was reported Friday afternoon at approximately 3:30 PM. The location was first reported as Yucaipa which was later more closely identified as the Mentone area. Sheriff’s helicopters were displaced to the crash site located in the foothills, below a ridge line near Highway 38, Mill Creek Road.
The Sheriffs confirmed that three people perished in the crash. The identities of the crash victims have not yet been confirmed or released. A search of FAA records revealed that the Cessna 175 Skylark is registered to a Big Bear City resident Christopher P. Hark. At this time it’s not known if he was in the plane at the time of the crash.
It is anticipated that the official Sheriff’s release and coroner’s report will give more details followed by an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board.
https://kbhr933.com
The Big Bear Airport released information and condolences. Two of those killed were Shery Doucette and her 11-year-old daughter Gineva. Shery was an airport district employee. She was the administrative analyst for the district and served as board secretary.
The plane was registered to Christopher Hark, a Big Bear resident. It is known there were three fatalities, but it’s unknown if Hark was onboard.
The cause of the fatal crash is under investigation by the FAA and NTSB. The Cessna 175 Skylark crashed near Mill Creek Road/Highway 38 just east of Mentone. The crash occurred around 3:30 p.m.
https://www.bigbeargrizzly.net
REDLANDS (CBSLA) — A small plane crashed into a hillside in Redlands Friday afternoon.
According to the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, CalFire reported that a plane had crashed near Crafton Hills in Mentone at about 3:30 p.m.
Three people were onboard the Cessna 175 Skylark. There were no survivors.
The circumstances leading up to the crash, which officials initially said happened in Yucaipa, were not immediately known.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified.
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com
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