# NTSB Accident CHI96LA068
> **PIPER PA-34-200T** · 1996-01-10 · DES MOINES, IA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96LA068
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05108
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-01-10
- **Location:** DES MOINES, IA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.529777, -93.660957
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-34-200T
- **Registration:** N3679M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot not using the airplane's deice system which resulted in an accumulation of empennage ice and a tailplane stall.  Factors relating to this accident were the pilot's intentional flight into known icing conditions, and the icing conditions.

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