# NTSB Accident LAX03FA067
> **Cessna 414** · 2003-01-14 · Palm Springs, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX03FA067
- **Event ID:** 20030124X00108
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-01-14
- **Location:** Palm Springs, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.849998, -116.483329
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 414
- **Registration:** N127WW
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's improper selection of the high boost position for the operating right engine while on base leg to land, which resulted in a loss of engine power of the right engine.  Factors associated with the accident are the left engine's loss of power for an undetermined reason, the flight instructor's failure to feather the propellers of the affected engines, and his failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in an off-airport forced landing.

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