# NTSB Accident DEN01FA070
> **Beech A36** · 2001-03-12 · Jackson Hole, WY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN01FA070
- **Event ID:** 20010321X00618
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-03-12
- **Location:** Jackson Hole, WY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.38639, -110.528335
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** A36
- **Registration:** N1080A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in an inflight collision with terrain during cruise flight.  Factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning in that he failed to familiarize himself with the terrain conditions, the mountain obscuration due to clouds, and the pilot's lack of instrument flight time.

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