# NTSB Accident LAX05FA045
> **Cessna T310R** · 2004-12-08 · Flagstaff, AZ, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX05FA045
- **Event ID:** 20041217X02005
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-12-08
- **Location:** Flagstaff, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.106666, -111.681388
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** T310R
- **Registration:** N592DM
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to attempt flight into known adverse weather conditions beyond the capability of the airplane and his failure to ensure that the airplane's wings were free of ice and/or snow contamination that accumulated while the airplane was on the ground, which resulted in an attempted takeoff with upper wing contamination that induced a subsequent stall/mush and a collision with the ground.

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