# NTSB Accident LAX07FA123
> **Cessna 172N** · 2007-04-09 · Page, AZ, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX07FA123
- **Event ID:** 20070423X00447
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-04-09
- **Location:** Page, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.95222, -111.659164
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172N
- **Registration:** N6267D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude, and, his failure to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering to reverse course in a box canyon. Contributing to the accident were the rising terrain and the box canyon.

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