# NTSB Accident FTW98FA185
> **Young GLASAIR III** · 1998-04-17 · ST. MARTINVILLE, LA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW98FA185
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09843
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-04-17
- **Location:** ST. MARTINVILLE, LA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.12017, -91.829826
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Young
- **Model:** GLASAIR III
- **Registration:** N238BC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft as a result of VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and flight into known adverse weather conditions.  Contributing factors were turbulence, clouds, dark night and lack of an instrument rating.

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