# NTSB Accident FTW03FA048
> **Beech A36** · 2002-11-25 · Salem, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW03FA048
- **Event ID:** 20021202X05541
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-11-25
- **Location:** Salem, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.04972, -111.624725
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** A36
- **Registration:** N367T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate inflight planning/decision to continue flight from visual to instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in his failure to maintain clearance from terrain while in cruise flight. A low ceiling, obscuration, mountainous terrain and impairing drugs in the pilot's system were factors.

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