# NTSB Accident LAX97FA047
> **Piper PA-28-236** · 1996-11-21 · LOST HILLS, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97FA047
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07057
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-11-21
- **Location:** LOST HILLS, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.60992, -119.899391
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-236
- **Registration:** N8447B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which led to spatial disorientation and loss of aircraft control, and the pilot exceeding the aircraft's design stress limits during an attempted recovery. The noninstrument-rated pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing, the weather conditions, and the dark night were factors.

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