# NTSB Accident NYC03FA113
> **Piper PA-28-180** · 2003-05-21 · Bruceton Mills, WV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC03FA113
- **Event ID:** 20030602X00752
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-05-21
- **Location:** Bruceton Mills, WV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.696109, -79.763053
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-180
- **Registration:** N55995
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's intentional decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance which resulted in the airplane striking a guy wire on the communications antenna.  A factor was the fog.

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