# NTSB Accident LAX01FA001
> **Beech A36TC** · 2000-10-02 · SAN JUAN BATIST, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX01FA001
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22175
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-10-02
- **Location:** SAN JUAN BATIST, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.115844, -119.68148
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** A36TC
- **Registration:** N36TV
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's in-flight decision to continue flight into instrument weather conditions at an altitude that did not maintain an adequate terrain clearance, which resulted in a collision with terrain.  Factors were a dark night, clouds, fog, mountainous terrain, and lack of instrument rating.

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