# NTSB Accident LAX06FA014
> **Lancair LC-41-550FG** · 2005-10-17 · Warner Springs, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX06FA014
- **Event ID:** 20051026X01740
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-10-17
- **Location:** Warner Springs, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.395, -116.606391
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Lancair
- **Model:** LC-41-550FG
- **Registration:** N285JB
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight crew's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance and their decision to continue flight into known adverse weather conditions.  Contributing to the accident was overcast conditions, and terrain obscuration.  A finding of the investigation is that the flight crew may have improperly used the navigation equipment, which had a graphical moving map display capability, to guide the airplane between clouds and mountainous terrain while in obscured visibility conditions.

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