# NTSB Accident LAX98LA025
> **Ciernia GLASAIR-III** · 1997-10-11 · DESERT CENTER, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX98LA025
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09068
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-10-11
- **Location:** DESERT CENTER, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.759998, -115.469657
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Ciernia
- **Model:** GLASAIR-III
- **Registration:** N153JC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A loss of engine power due to the eventual loss of electrical power which resulted from the pilot's failure to ensure the alternator switch was on as specified in the before starting checklist.  The inoperative alternator out warning light was a factor in this accident.

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