NTSB to determine cause of 2018 fatal Tesla crash in Calif. NTSB to determine cause of 2018 fatal Tesla crash in Calif. January 14, 2020 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment The board will hold a hearing on the Tesla Model X crash that killed its driver, 38-year-old Apple engineer Walter Huang, who was using the vehicle’s advanced driver assistance system known as Autopilot.