# NTSB Accident LAX06FA091
> **Cessna 182P** · 2006-01-18 · Big Pine, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX06FA091
- **Event ID:** 20060125X00119
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-01-18
- **Location:** Big Pine, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.05389, -118.264167
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182P
- **Registration:** N6034J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude during a cruise descent that resulted in controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).  Factors in the accident were the rising mountainous terrain, the dark nighttime lighting condition.

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