# NTSB Accident SEA97FA006
> **Piper PA-34-200T** · 1996-10-08 · CLE ELUM, WA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97FA006
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06969
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-10-08
- **Location:** CLE ELUM, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.199768, -120.900444
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-34-200T
- **Registration:** N666HL
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

The pilot's physical impairment of judgment and performance, his decision to fly while impaired, and his subsequent failure to maintain control of the aircraft which led to the aircraft's design stress limits being exceeded and inflight separation of the horizontal stabiliator and right wing.  Contributing to the accident were:  pilot fatigue and self-induced pressure to fly.

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