# NTSB Accident BFO93FA093
> **PIPER PA-28RT-201** · 1993-05-17 · HANCOCK, MD, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** BFO93FA093
- **Event ID:** 20001211X12294
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1993-05-17
- **Location:** HANCOCK, MD, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.700462, -78.170562
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-28RT-201
- **Registration:** N8247G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, HIS INITIATION OF VFR FLT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE FOG, RAIN, THE PILOT'S SELF INDUCED PRESSURE, AND HIS LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.

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