# NTSB Accident LAX05FA311
> **Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta** · 2005-09-20 · Baker, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX05FA311
- **Event ID:** 20050927X01538
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-09-20
- **Location:** Baker, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.649444, -115.829719
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Robinson Helicopter
- **Model:** R22 Beta
- **Registration:** N957SH
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions that resulted in a collision with mountainous terrain.  Contributing to the accident was the obscuration of mountainous terrain by rain and low clouds, moderate turbulence, and the pilot's self-induced pressure to be at his destination by 1600.

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