# NTSB Accident CHI00FA276
> **Beech E-55** · 2000-08-30 · Grafton, IL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00FA276
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21661
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-08-30
- **Location:** Grafton, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.970672, -90.419105
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** E-55
- **Registration:** N9047V
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot not maintaining aircraft control and altitude/clearance from the river.  Factors to the accident included the pilot not obtaining an air traffic control clearance prior to departure into instrument meteorological conditions, the pilot becoming spatially disoriented, the low ceiling, and the mist.

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