This work investigates some of the computational issues involved in the solution of probabilistic reachability problems for
discrete-time, controlled stochastic hybrid systems. It is first argued that, under rather weak continuity assumptions on
the stochastic kernels that characterize the dynamics of the system, the numerical solution of a discretized version of the
probabilistic reachability problem is guaranteed to converge to the optimal one, as the discretization level decreases. With
reference to a benchmark problem, it is then discussed how some of the structural properties of the hybrid system under study
can be exploited to solve the probabilistic reachability problem more efficiently. Possible techniques that can increase the
scale-up potential of the proposed numerical approximation scheme are suggested.