# NTSB Accident CHI97LA081
> **Piper PA-28-181** · 1997-03-07 · MOSINEE, WI, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI97LA081
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07504
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-03-07
- **Location:** MOSINEE, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.779453, -89.680877
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-181
- **Registration:** N8259M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The formation of carburetor ice and the instructor pilot's failure to recognize conditions leading to carburetor icing and to take appropriate preventative action.  Factors relating to this accident were the late application of carburetor heat, the icing conditions and snow.

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