# NTSB Accident LAX91FA280
> **MITSUBISHI MU-2B-36A** · 1991-06-29 · GOLETA, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX91FA280
- **Event ID:** 20001212X17288
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1991-06-29
- **Location:** GOLETA, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.49987, -120.119293
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** MITSUBISHI
- **Model:** MU-2B-36A
- **Registration:** N2CJ
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AFTER BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  DARKNESS, LOW OVERCAST CLOUD CONDITION, THE PILOT'S DECISION TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), WHICH RESULTED IN A NEAR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, HIS SELF INDUCED PRESSURE AND DIVERSION OF ATTENTION, WHILE COPING WITH THE SITUATION THAT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED.

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