ATC vectored me into a mountain...was it my fault?

[monkeyboy726]

i was flying a night approach to SFO with about 2 miles visibility. i had the descent rate set at -1800 ft/min becuase i assumed thats the standard for a 747-400. around 3000 FT i crossed over the Pacific coast of cali...(where there is a mtn. range along the coast)  few seconds later everything blacks out and all i see is the "CRASH" banner . was it my error in the descent rate? or is it just ATC being unaware of the higher elevation..

[Ivan]

ATC likes to do that because it doesn't have SID(departure) procedures

[YodaNYC]

Happened to me once on a flight into Palm Springs coming in from the West.  No longer a problem since I now use FS Navigator and fly appropriate STARS into airports.