# NTSB Accident LAX04LA092
> **Cessna 140** · 2004-01-12 · Vacaville, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX04LA092
- **Event ID:** 20040114X00062
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-01-12
- **Location:** Vacaville, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.376945, -121.962501
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 140
- **Registration:** N77S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to either obtain a preflight weather report and forecast for the destination or to add additional fuel, which ultimately resulted in fuel exhaustion and collision with trees.

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