# NTSB Accident LAX02FA101
> **Cessna 425** · 2002-03-06 · San Jose, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX02FA101
- **Event ID:** 20020308X00324
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-03-06
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.18111, -121.746948
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 425
- **Registration:** N444JV
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's loss of control and resulting exceedence of the design stress limits of the aircraft, which led to an in-flight structural failure.  The pilot's loss of control was due in part to the loss of primary airspeed reference resulting from pitot tube icing, which was caused by the internal failure of the pitot heat switch.  Factors in the accident were the pilot's distraction caused by the airspeed reading anomaly and spatial disorientation.

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