# NTSB Accident LAX01FA199
> **Piper PA-28-180** · 2001-06-04 · Big Bear City, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX01FA199
- **Event ID:** 20010613X01169
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-06-04
- **Location:** Big Bear City, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.259723, -116.873611
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-180
- **Registration:** N5413S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the student pilot's selection of a takeoff runway conducive to a tailwind weather condition and his failure to maintain airspeed and his inadvertent stall during takeoff initial climb.  Factors in the accident were the partial loss engine power resulting from the inoperative right magneto and the high density altitude weather condition.

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