# NTSB Accident LAX90FA084
> **PIPER PA-46-350P** · 1990-02-06 · BAKERSFIELD, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX90FA084
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22579
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1990-02-06
- **Location:** BAKERSFIELD, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.540706, -118.909057
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-46-350P
- **Registration:** N8888M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ACTIVATE THE PITOT HEAT BEFORE FLYING AT AND ABOVE THE FREEZING LEVEL IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), FOLLOWED BY HIS IMPROPER RESPONSE TO ERRONEOUS AIRSPEED INDICATIONS THAT RESULTED FROM BLOCKAGE OF THE PITOT TUBE BY ATMOSPHERIC ICING.  CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF THE PILOT.

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