# NTSB Accident LAX02FA255
> **Piper PA-28R-200** · 2002-08-19 · Echo Summit, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX02FA255
- **Event ID:** 20020828X01466
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-08-19
- **Location:** Echo Summit, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.783054, -120.033058
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28R-200
- **Registration:** N7794C
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue the flight into the rising mountainous terrain, and subsequent failure to maintain clearance with the trees.  Contributing factors were the rising mountainous terrain, and the high density altitude,

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