# NTSB Accident IAD98FA068
> **Beech F33A** · 1998-06-10 · DELAPLANE, VA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD98FA068
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10329
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-06-10
- **Location:** DELAPLANE, VA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.919189, -77.920356
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** F33A
- **Registration:** N6033U
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision which led to VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions.  Also causal was the pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance resulting in collision with mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were low clouds, fog, mountainous terrain, obscuration, low altitude flying and the pilot's self-induced pressure.

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