# NTSB Accident MIA02FA044
> **Piper PA-46-350P** · 2001-12-13 · Raleigh, NC, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA02FA044
- **Event ID:** 20011218X02406
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-12-13
- **Location:** Raleigh, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.874443, -78.747222
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-46-350P
- **Registration:** N41003
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane, due to spatial disorientation, while performing a missed approach, resulting in an uncontrolled descent, and subsequent impact with a tree and a house.  Factors in this accident were dark night, fog, drizzle, the pilot's lack of total instrument time, and his lack of total experience in this type of aircraft.

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