# NTSB Accident SEA06LA029
> **Piper PA-28-181** · 2005-12-17 · Butte, MT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA06LA029
- **Event ID:** 20051220X01995
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-12-17
- **Location:** Butte, MT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.849166, -112.450553
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-181
- **Registration:** N4350F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain during low-level maneuvering at night. Factors included the pilot’s improper in-flight decision to continue into an area that was forecasted to possibly contain snow, fog, and low ceilings. Additional factors included his failure to obtain a weather update while en route, a dark night, mountainous terrain, trees, snow showers, fog, and the pilot’s inadvertent flight into instrument flight rules conditions while on a visual flight rules flight.

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