# NTSB Accident LAX98FA007
> **Schweizer 2-32** · 1997-10-11 · WARNER SPRINGS, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX98FA007
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09044
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-10-11
- **Location:** WARNER SPRINGS, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.280609, -116.599601
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schweizer
- **Model:** 2-32
- **Registration:** N242DB
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions after inadvertently encountering mountain wave and associated downdraft conditions.  The obscuration and high/mountainous terrain were related factors.

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