# NTSB Accident LAX96FA236
> **Beech C23** · 1996-06-19 · LOS ANGELES, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX96FA236
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06020
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-06-19
- **Location:** LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.230976, -118.340293
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** C23
- **Registration:** N66343
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

company maintenance personnel's inadequate service of the magneto system, and their failure of to replace the electric fuel boost pump, which led to a malfunctioning right magneto and an inoperative fuel boost pump.  The inoperative fuel boost pump made it impossible for the pilot to accomplish the published emergency procedure for the engine failure.

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