# NTSB Accident LAX00FA017
> **Cessna 152** · 1999-10-16 · Ventura, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX00FA017
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19975
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-10-16
- **Location:** Ventura, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.294445, -119.335556
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 152
- **Registration:** N5169B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC.  Contributing factors were the pilot's self induced pressure to depart the airport before the weather worsened and the airport closed, and the mountain obscurement and foggy weather conditions, and the night light conditions.

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