Accident · 2003-10-29

NTSB case LAX04FA031 · Cessna 421B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2003-10-29
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 421B (N444AM)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument conditions between cloud layers and with reduced visibility due to smoke that resulted in an in-flight loss of control from spatial disorientation, and the structural overload of the airframe during the subsequent high speed descent.

Source: NTSB case LAX04FA031

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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