# NTSB Accident LAX04FA031
> **Cessna 421B** · 2003-10-29 · Kelso, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX04FA031
- **Event ID:** 20031110X01878
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-10-29
- **Location:** Kelso, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.021945, -115.58361
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 5
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 5
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 421B
- **Registration:** N444AM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument conditions between cloud layers and with reduced visibility due to smoke that resulted in an in-flight loss of control from spatial disorientation, and the structural overload of the airframe during the subsequent high speed descent.

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