# NTSB Accident LAX98LA180
> **Vickers MK XVI** · 1998-06-03 · BLUE CANYON, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX98LA180
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10344
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-06-03
- **Location:** BLUE CANYON, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.91933, -121.070053
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Vickers
- **Model:** MK XVI
- **Registration:** N382RW
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance and his VFR flight into instrument meteorological condition.  Mountainous terran and obscurations are contributing factos. inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions in mountainous terrain.

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