# NTSB Accident LAX05FA184
> **Bellanca 14-13-3** · 2005-05-20 · Caliente, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX05FA184
- **Event ID:** 20050601X00700
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-05-20
- **Location:** Caliente, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.288887, -118.593612
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bellanca
- **Model:** 14-13-3
- **Registration:** N6511N
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance, which resulted in controlled flight into the terrain.  Contributing factors were the pilots' delayed decision to reverse course, the low clouds which obscured the rising terrain.

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