# NTSB Accident LAX07FA061
> **Piper PA-28-140** · 2006-12-22 · Bridgeport, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX07FA061
- **Event ID:** 20070111X00041
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-12-22
- **Location:** Bridgeport, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.286666, -119.042221
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-140
- **Registration:** N8001H
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's attempted VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and subsequent failure to maintain aircraft control due to spatial disorientation.  Contributing to the accident was mountain obscuration.

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