# NTSB Incident LAX06IA076
> **Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SF340B+** · 2006-01-02 · Santa Maria, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX06IA076
- **Event ID:** 20060109X00033
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 2006-01-02
- **Location:** Santa Maria, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.052501, -120.121665
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 28
- **Total aboard:** 28
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Saab-Scania AB (Saab)
- **Model:** SF340B+
- **Registration:** N390AE
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

An in-flight loss of control due to ice accreted in supercooled liquid droplets (SLD) conditions, and the flight crew's failure to maintain the specified minimum airspeed in icing conditions.  Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's decision to climb the airplane in known and forecast icing conditions using an autopilot mode contrary to that specified in the operator's Airplane Operations Manual for climbs during periods of ice accretion or when ice was present on the airframe.

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