# NTSB Accident DEN99FA123
> **Piper PA-32R-301T** · 1999-07-19 · Magdalena, NM, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN99FA123
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19238
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-07-19
- **Location:** Magdalena, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.112418, -107.2398
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-32R-301T
- **Registration:** N22KC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather and the subsequent in-flight breakup.  Factors were the pilot's lack of experience in high altitude flying and the thunderstorm.

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