# NTSB Accident SEA96LA146
> **Grumman American AA-5B** · 1996-07-08 · ST MARIES, ID, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA96LA146
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06363
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-07-08
- **Location:** ST MARIES, ID, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.199752, -116.550491
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Grumman American
- **Model:** AA-5B
- **Registration:** N28452
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to a drug (marijuana), and his failure to see-and-avoid power lines.  The pilot's intentional low altitude flight was a related factor.

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