# NTSB Accident CHI96FA029
> **Piper PA-28-151** · 1995-11-11 · FOND DU LAC, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96FA029
- **Event ID:** 20001207X04819
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1995-11-11
- **Location:** FOND DU LAC, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.839008, -88.639739
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-151
- **Registration:** N161FS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's intentional VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain altitude. Factors included the weather obscuration due to snow and fog, the dark night, and the pilot's lack of recent night flight time.

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