# NTSB Accident LAX95LA200
> **EUROCOPTER AS-355F1** · 1995-06-01 · LOST HILLS, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX95LA200
- **Event ID:** 20001207X03502
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1995-06-01
- **Location:** LOST HILLS, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.61058, -119.899436
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** EUROCOPTER
- **Model:** AS-355F1
- **Registration:** N5871D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's in-flight loss of control and failure to maintain a proper descent rate due to spatial disorientation and lack of visual cues during a dark, night approach to a unimproved landing zone, and his failure to initiate a go-around when he first lost visual reference with the ground.  Factor's in the accident are the dark night lighting conditions and lack of suitable reference lights at the landing zone.

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