# NTSB Accident CHI99LA038
> **Piper PA-28R-200** · 1998-11-25 · HANCOCK, MI, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI99LA038
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11393
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-11-25
- **Location:** HANCOCK, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.130615, -88.600578
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28R-200
- **Registration:** N5256T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot became disoriented while taxiing at an unfamiliar airport and his failure to reduce engine power when the airplane departed the paved surface.  Factors associated with the accident were the dark night condition, the pilot did not follow the correct taxi route to the runway, and the ditch which the airplane contacted.

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