# NTSB Accident WPR16LA028
> **BEECH A36** · 2015-11-13 · Lancaster, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR16LA028
- **Event ID:** 20151113X82718
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-11-13
- **Location:** Lancaster, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.669445, -118.473609
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BEECH
- **Model:** A36
- **Registration:** N78CR
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's failure to comply with published instrument approach procedures during an instrument approach in dark night, visual meteorological conditions, which resulted in impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the controller's failure to issue a safety alert upon noting the airplane's low altitude.

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