# NTSB Accident LAX00MA273
> **Aerospatiale AS 355F1** · 2000-07-21 · KAHULUI, MAUI, HI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX00MA273
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21525
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-07-21
- **Location:** KAHULUI, MAUI, HI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 20.871665, -156.581665
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 7
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 7
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aerospatiale
- **Model:** AS 355F1
- **Registration:** N510TG
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate decision by which he continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions.  Also causal was his failure to maintain terrain clearance resulting in a collision with mountainous terrain.  A contributing factor was the low ceiling.

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