# NTSB Accident LAX95FA062
> **PIPER PA-28-140** · 1994-12-28 · HOLTVILLE, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX95FA062
- **Event ID:** 20001206X02737
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1994-12-28
- **Location:** HOLTVILLE, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.830089, -115.190742
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-28-140
- **Registration:** N4647R
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's becoming lost/disoriented during a night cross- country flight at a time the flight was in a critical low fuel state, and his failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around from an aborted precautionary landing. Factors in the accident were: 1) the pilot's inadequate inflight fuel consumption calculations; 2) his failure to refuel the aircraft; 3) his failure to use all available FAA resources once the critical flight state became apparent; 4) spatial disorientation; and 5) darkness.

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