# NTSB Accident CHI98LA094
> **Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C** · 1998-02-19 · WOOD LAKE, NE, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98LA094
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09528
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-02-19
- **Location:** WOOD LAKE, NE, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.630302, -100.229705
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.)
- **Model:** 415-C
- **Registration:** N99270
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather conditions, the wing ice, and the inadvertent stall.  Factors contributing to this accident were the rain, freezing rain and low ceilings.

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