Dec 24, 2003
Accident
Destroyed Redwood Valley, CA
Injuries3 fatal
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsIMC
OperationFAR 091
Probable Cause
The pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into deteriorating weather conditions, which resulted in an inadvertent in-flight encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and a collision with rising terrain while attempting to reverse course.
NTSB LAX04FA076