# NTSB Accident IAD01FA096
> **Piper PA-28RT-201** · 2001-08-11 · Rohrersville, MD, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD01FA096
- **Event ID:** 20010823X01762
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-08-11
- **Location:** Rohrersville, MD, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.445835, -77.633331
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28RT-201
- **Registration:** N2869F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into obscured, mountanous terrain.  Factors included the rising terrain and weather obscuration.

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