# NTSB Accident LAX03FA037
> **Beech B36TC** · 2002-11-25 · Union City, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX03FA037
- **Event ID:** 20021213X05606
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-11-25
- **Location:** Union City, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.63639, -121.978057
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** B36TC
- **Registration:** N3242Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude, which resulted in controlled flight into rising mountainous terrain.  Contributing factors were the pilot's loss of situational awareness to his terrain proximity, the dark night, and the localized low clouds that obscured the terrain.

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