# NTSB Accident ANC97LA025
> **Piper PA-22** · 1997-02-01 · SKWENTNA, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC97LA025
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07368
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-02-01
- **Location:** SKWENTNA, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.929115, -151.729217
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-22
- **Registration:** N7235D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and subsequent failure to maintain control of the airplane.  Factors associated with the accident are the pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, his becoming lost/disoriented, and spatial disorientation.

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