# NTSB Accident LAX00GA185
> **Beech 65-90** · 2000-05-05 · China Lake, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX00GA185
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21030
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-05-05
- **Location:** China Lake, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.666667, -117.666664
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 65-90
- **Registration:** N32229
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the inadvertent early deployment of the test parachute lines and dummy and it's entanglement with the horizontal stabilizer, which resulted from the operator's inadequate test plan substantiation process for shortening the parachute's static line. .

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