# NTSB Accident ANC00LA027
> **Piper PA-31-T3** · 2000-02-09 · WALES, AK, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC00LA027
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20440
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-02-09
- **Location:** WALES, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 65.610832, -168.089553
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 7
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 9
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-31-T3
- **Registration:** N110JK
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather conditions, and his inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions.  Factors in the accident were terrain induced turbulence and a tailwind.

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