# NTSB Accident LAX97FA049
> **Beech 95-C55** · 1996-11-22 · SAN DIEGO, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97FA049
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07058
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-11-22
- **Location:** SAN DIEGO, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.549789, -117.040779
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 95-C55
- **Registration:** N3774Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's lack of situational awareness (becoming lost/disoriented during the approach), his failure to fly the approach as charted, and his failure to maintain aircraft control, while attempting an abrupt turn toward the airport, which led to an inadvertent stall/spin.  The pilot's lack of recent instrument experience was a related factor.

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