# NTSB Accident FTW90FA062
> **PIPER PA-32-300** · 1990-02-01 · COALGATE, OK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW90FA062
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22417
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1990-02-01
- **Location:** COALGATE, OK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.529445, -96.209739
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-32-300
- **Registration:** N9235Z
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS, DARK NIGHT, ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, UNRELIABLE FLASHLIGHT, THE PILOT'S VISUAL PERCEPTION, AND HIS LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.

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