# NTSB Accident CHI96FA090
> **Piper PA-28-140** · 1996-02-15 · BROOKSTON, IN, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96FA090
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05223
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-02-15
- **Location:** BROOKSTON, IN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.600727, -86.860733
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-140
- **Registration:** N4612F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's disregard for the forecast adverse weather conditions, his inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions, and his disorientation.  Factors relating to this accident were the pilot's lack of experience in instrument conditions, the snow and fog.

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