# NTSB Accident LAX97LA015
> **Cessna 182A** · 1996-10-12 · AGUA DULCE, CA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97LA015
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06925
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-10-12
- **Location:** AGUA DULCE, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.430908, -118.509605
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 4
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182A
- **Registration:** N4924D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

inadequate compliance with the applicable airworthiness directive by other maintenance personnel, and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection which resulted in fuel exhaustion from a deteriorated fuel cap seal.

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