# NTSB Accident MIA03LA029
> **Piper PA-28-150** · 2002-12-14 · Cashiers, NC, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA03LA029
- **Event ID:** 20021220X05623
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-12-14
- **Location:** Cashiers, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.25, -83.166664
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-150
- **Registration:** N5899W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision by which he conducted visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain terrain clearance.  Contributing factors were a low ceiling and mountainous terrain.

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