Cessna 340 crash, Feb 2, 2008 (4 killed), Cabazon
Cessna 340 accident on February 2, 2008 near Cabazon, California, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: The pilot continued visual flight into...
- Date: February 2, 2008
- Aircraft: Cessna 340
- Location: Cabazon, California, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions and failed to maintain terrain clearance in mountainous terrain beneath clouds.
A Cessna 340A on a private flight over the mountains near Cabazon, California, entered instrument conditions while under radar flight following. It climbed and descended in a mountain pass and was lost from radar before striking upsloping terrain. All four occupants were killed.