# NTSB Accident MIA94FA078
> **PIPER PA-28-161** · 1994-02-23 · INVERNESS, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA94FA078
- **Event ID:** 20001206X00795
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1994-02-23
- **Location:** INVERNESS, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 28.829975, -82.270858
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-28-161
- **Registration:** N44899
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot-in-command's lack of total experience in instrument flight, simulated instrument flight, and night flight resulting in the pilot becoming spatially disoriented, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the dark night with no visible horizon.

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