Overview

• The twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed into water approximately three miles off San Diego’s Point Loma on June 8, minutes after departing for Phoenix.
• Authorities reviewed voice and radar recordings showing the pilot reporting altitude loss and issuing “Mayday” calls before the aircraft vanished from radar.
• U.S. Coast Guard teams, alongside Customs and Border Protection, San Diego Harbor Police and city lifeguards, halted the search at 10 a.m. on June 10 after covering over 300 square miles for more than 35 hours.
• All six aboard, including the pilot’s wife and the children of a traveling companion, are presumed dead and their identities remain withheld pending family notifications.
• Records indicate the plane was sold by Optimal Health Systems LLC to private owners in 2023, and the NTSB has begun a formal investigation.