# NTSB Accident LAX97FA059
> **Morane-Saulnier MS760 II** · 1996-11-30 · IRVINE, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97FA059
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07060
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-11-30
- **Location:** IRVINE, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.680828, -117.849052
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Morane-Saulnier
- **Model:** MS760 II
- **Registration:** N2TE
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed margin while maneuvering in a steep banked turn to the landing runway, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.  Factors in the accident were:  the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the aircraft in that he departed with the boarding ladder attached to the aircraft's exterior; the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning in that he flew a traffic pattern so close to the runway that it required excessive bank angles to align the aircraft with the landing runway; and the aircraft's probable encounter with the periphery of a weakened B-757 wake turbulence, which increased the wing's angle of attack beyond the stall point at a critical point during a steep banked turn.

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