# NTSB Accident LAX91FA190
> **MOONEY M20F** · 1991-05-02 · QUINCY, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX91FA190
- **Event ID:** 20001212X17017
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1991-05-02
- **Location:** QUINCY, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.959609, -121.000656
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** MOONEY
- **Model:** M20F
- **Registration:** N9624M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO IMC AND THEREAFTER HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF HIS AIRPLANE. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT RELATED TO THE PILOT'S IMPROPER WEATHER EVALUATION WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DELAYED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, DISORIENTATION AFTER ENTERING CLOUDS AND RAIN, AND TO HIS LACK OF RECENT FLYING EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE MODEL OF AIRPLANE.

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