# NTSB Accident DEN03FA038
> **Piper PA-28R-200** · 2003-01-24 · La Sal, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN03FA038
- **Event ID:** 20030205X00165
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-01-24
- **Location:** La Sal, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.288887, -109.206947
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28R-200
- **Registration:** N106AW
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the loss of engine power (total) due to fuel starvation, the pilot not following procedures/directives (fuel management procedures), and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation for the flight.  Contributing factors were the pilot's inadequately equipping the airplane (lack of supplemental oxygen), the pilot's hypoxic physical impairment, and the pilot's total lack of experience in type of operation.

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