# NTSB Accident DEN01FA041
> **Beech 65-A90** · 2001-01-15 · Lake Point, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN01FA041
- **Event ID:** 20010126X00364
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-01-15
- **Location:** Lake Point, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.683334, -112.349998
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 9
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 9
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 65-A90
- **Registration:** N616F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's exercise of poor judgment and his failure to maintain a safe altitude/clearance above the water. Contributing factors were the weather conditions that included low ceiling and visibility obscured by snow and mist, an inadequately equipped airplane for flying in instrument meteorological conditions, and the pilot's overconfidence in his personal ability in that he had reportedly done this on two previous occasions.

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