# NTSB Accident CHI98FA070
> **Piper PA-32-301** · 1997-12-23 · HAMPSHIRE, IL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98FA070
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09267
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-12-23
- **Location:** HAMPSHIRE, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.090141, -88.519676
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-32-301
- **Registration:** N2586Y
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's intentional flight into known icing conditions, and the accumulation of ice on the leading edges of the airplane's empennage and wings leading to the inadvertent stall/mush.  A factor contributing to this accident was the icing conditions.

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