# NTSB Accident DEN02LA023
> **Beech V35B** · 2002-01-28 · American Fork, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN02LA023
- **Event ID:** 20020207X00195
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-01-28
- **Location:** American Fork, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.46611, -111.720275
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** V35B
- **Registration:** N1176T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's poor judgment in that he intentionally initiated VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions.  Contributing factors were low ceiling and obscuration, and the pilot's lack of recent instrument time.

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