# NTSB Accident LAX96FA244
> **Cessna 152** · 1996-06-17 · CARMEL, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX96FA244
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06021
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-06-17
- **Location:** CARMEL, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.550148, -121.920829
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 152
- **Registration:** N6198P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot becoming lost and disoriented during a night VFR flight in marginal weather conditions.  Factors in the accident were: the pilot's lack of night flying experience, his failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing, low ceilings, and his failure to reverse course to known clear weather conditions when he first encountered the low ceilings.

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