# NTSB Accident MIA96LA106
> **Enstrom F-28C** · 1996-03-26 · DEFUNIAK SPRING, FL, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA96LA106
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05461
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-03-26
- **Location:** DEFUNIAK SPRING, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.849458, -86.199661
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Enstrom
- **Model:** F-28C
- **Registration:** N56874
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and inadvertent descent, due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in a collision with trees.  Factors relating to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions and the pilot's lack of instrument experience.

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