# NTSB Accident LAX00LA047
> **Boeing 369E** · 1999-11-30 · TAFT, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX00LA047
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20129
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-11-30
- **Location:** TAFT, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.159641, -119.429992
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Boeing
- **Model:** 369E
- **Registration:** N5238C
- **FAR Part:** 133
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The fatigue failure of a second stage compressor vane due to erosion, which resulted in a catastrophic engine failure. An inadequate inspection of the compressor section by company maintenance personnel during the last 300-hour inspection was also causal in this accident.  The maintenance personnel's failure to conduct the periodic recommended compressor washes was a factor.

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