# NTSB Accident LAX05FA054
> **Cessna 182P** · 2004-12-19 · La Mirada, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX05FA054
- **Event ID:** 20041227X02035
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-12-19
- **Location:** La Mirada, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.888053, -118.023612
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182P
- **Registration:** N9187G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain altitude/clearance from a transmission tower while on an extended base leg of the traffic pattern.  A factor in the accident was the sun glare condition.

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