# NTSB Accident LAX04FA002
> **LOCKHEED P2V** · 2003-10-03 · East Highlands, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX04FA002
- **Event ID:** 20031009X01699
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-10-03
- **Location:** East Highlands, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.13861, -117.095001
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** LOCKHEED
- **Model:** P2V
- **Registration:** N299MA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 4
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions that resulted in controlled flight into mountainous terrain.

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