# NTSB Accident LAX94FA048
> **BEECH V-35** · 1993-11-12 · SHAVER LAKE, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX94FA048
- **Event ID:** 20001211X13743
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1993-11-12
- **Location:** SHAVER LAKE, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.130092, -119.219245
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BEECH
- **Model:** V-35
- **Registration:** N630AW
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

An in-flight breakup of the airplane following the pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions during which directional control of the airplane was not maintained, and the design limits of the airplane were exceeded.  The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather conditions that consisted of mountain wave activity and standing lenticular clouds were factors in the accident.

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