# NTSB Accident LAX89LA322
> **BELLANCA CITABRIA** · 1989-09-25 · AUBURN, CA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX89LA322
- **Event ID:** 20001213X29423
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1989-09-25
- **Location:** AUBURN, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.239532, -120.06948
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BELLANCA
- **Model:** CITABRIA
- **Registration:** N1679G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT ACTIVATION OF NOSE DOWN TRIM WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH A TREE. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR(S) WAS: THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF AIRPLANE.

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