# NTSB Accident CHI96FA327
> **Beech 23** · 1996-09-05 · TOMAHAWK, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96FA327
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06684
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-09-05
- **Location:** TOMAHAWK, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.470451, -89.72052
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 23
- **Registration:** N2338Z
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the student pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to alcohol which led to his initiation of VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and loss of control.  Factors were: the dark night and the weather conditions.

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