# NTSB Accident LAX96FA042
> **Beech S35** · 1995-11-09 · KNEELAND, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX96FA042
- **Event ID:** 20001207X04864
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1995-11-09
- **Location:** KNEELAND, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.669715, -123.880317
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** S35
- **Registration:** N8920M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

failure of the pilot to correct a descending spiral and perform a missed approach, after becoming spatially disoriented and deviating from the planned ILS approach procedure.  Factors relating to the accident were: darkness, and the pilot's excessive maneuvering of the airplane, while on the ILS approach.

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