# NTSB Accident LAX99LA068
> **Piper PA-28** · 1998-12-25 · THERMAL, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX99LA068
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11590
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-12-25
- **Location:** THERMAL, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.570354, -117.140983
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28
- **Registration:** N7776W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The occurrence of an in-flight incapacitating heart rhythm to the pilot.  A factor was the pilot's ingestion of over-the-counter medications that made him more susceptible to an abnormal heart rhythm.

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