# NTSB Accident LAX97LA146
> **Cessna 170B** · 1997-04-05 · FURNACE CREEK, CA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97LA146
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07746
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-04-05
- **Location:** FURNACE CREEK, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.599815, -116.829254
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 170B
- **Registration:** N2294D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Fuel starvation resulting from disconnection of the fuel selector valve.  Factors which contributed to the accident were the pilot's intentional operation with known airplane deficiencies and the rough terrain.

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