# NTSB Accident DEN01FA021
> **Piper PA-24-250** · 2000-12-08 · ANTIMONY, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN01FA021
- **Event ID:** 20010110X00072
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-12-08
- **Location:** ANTIMONY, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.09048, -111.99971
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-24-250
- **Registration:** N8245P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing, his VFR flight into IMC, lack of instrument certification, spatial disorientation, low ceiling, and snow.

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