# NTSB Accident SEA04FA031
> **Piper PA-44-180** · 2004-01-02 · Cave Junction, OR, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA04FA031
- **Event ID:** 20040108X00041
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-01-02
- **Location:** Cave Junction, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.094165, -123.68222
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 3
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-44-180
- **Registration:** N53505
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

Both the pilot-in-command and the co-pilot allowing the aircraft to enter into an area of adverse weather (icing conditions at low [-20 degrees C] temperatures) resulting in sequential induction icing, induction filter blockage, carburetor icing and the subsequent partial loss of power in both engines followed by  tree impact and collision with terrain during an emergency descent/approach.  Contributing factors were icing conditions, low temperatures, night conditions and trees.

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