# NTSB Accident ATL04FA016
> **Piper PA-23-250** · 2003-10-13 · Cordesville, SC, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL04FA016
- **Event ID:** 20031020X01778
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-10-13
- **Location:** Cordesville, SC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.160831, -79.834999
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-23-250
- **Registration:** N63942
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent uncontrolled descent into trees and the ground. A factor was physical impairment.

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