# NTSB Accident LAX01FA004
> **Piper PA-34-200** · 2000-10-07 · San Dimas, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX01FA004
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22177
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-10-07
- **Location:** San Dimas, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.149166, -117.783332
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-34-200
- **Registration:** N222ES
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilots becoming lost and disoriented during an improperly conducted IFR approach, and subsequent missed approach, that led to a collision with rising mountainous terrain.  Also causal was the local controller canceling the IFR approach when the pilot specifically stated he wanted to continue the IFR approach, and the local controller, as well as sector controllers failure to issue a unsafe proximity to terrain safety alert to the pilots (MSAW alert) as required by the Air Traffic Control Handbook.

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