# NTSB Accident CHI04FA043
> **Piper PA46-500TP** · 2003-12-17 · Daytona Beach, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04FA043
- **Event ID:** 20031230X02098
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-12-17
- **Location:** Daytona Beach, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.125555, -81.209724
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA46-500TP
- **Registration:** N155BM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The unqualified pilot's continued flight into known instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of aircraft control.  Factors were the pilot's lack of instrument flight experience and the low ceiling.

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