# NTSB Accident CHI96FA284
> **Piper PA-28-181** · 1996-08-08 · MUNCIE, IN, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96FA284
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06425
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-08-08
- **Location:** MUNCIE, IN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.660938, -86.159606
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-181
- **Registration:** N9137N
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the inadvertent flight of the airplane by the pilot-in-command into a thunderstorm.  The weather was a factor.

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