Oct 29, 2003
Accident
Destroyed Kelso, CA
Injuries5 fatal
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 091
Probable Cause
The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument conditions between cloud layers and with reduced visibility due to smoke that resulted in an in-flight loss of control from spatial disorientation, and the structural overload of the airframe during the subsequent high speed descent.
NTSB LAX04FA031