Overview

• The report shows the Cessna 414A abruptly descended hundreds of feet, climbed nearly as high and then plunged into the ocean about two miles west of Point Loma.
• Just before impact, the pilot radioed multiple mayday calls and said he was struggling to maintain heading and climb.
• All six people aboard—including the pilot, his pregnant wife and an Arizona father with his three adult sons—remain missing as most wreckage lies unrecovered in 200-foot-deep water.
• Multi-agency search crews from the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, San Diego Harbor Police and city lifeguards combed roughly 300 square miles over 35 hours before suspending operations.
• The formal NTSB investigation remains open and a final report on the crash is expected within two years.