# NTSB Accident FTW98FA086
> **Piper PA-38-112** · 1998-01-04 · TREMONTON, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW98FA086
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09417
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-01-04
- **Location:** TREMONTON, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.689537, -112.270439
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-38-112
- **Registration:** N23371
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, becoming spatially disoriented and his subsequent loss of aircraft control.  Factors were the dark night and weather conditions that included obscuration and snow.

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