# NTSB Accident LAX01FA274
> **Piper PA-28-180** · 2001-08-12 · Boulder City, NV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX01FA274
- **Event ID:** 20010821X01746
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-08-12
- **Location:** Boulder City, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.95, -114.849998
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-180
- **Registration:** N8098W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain and obstruction clearance altitude while maneuvering in a non-standard visual approach to land.  The pilot's misjudgment of his altitude and distance from the airport was due to impairment by alcohol.  Factors in the accident were the dark nighttime lighting conditions and the visual perception difficulty created by a lack of ground reference lights.

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