# NTSB Accident DEN06FA109
> **Piper PA-24-180** · 2006-08-03 · Mosca, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN06FA109
- **Event ID:** 20060810X01142
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-08-03
- **Location:** Mosca, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.854721, -105.467498
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-24-180
- **Registration:** N5416P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

a non-mechanical partial loss of engine power due to carburetor ice, and the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain.  Contributing factors in this accident were weather conditions conducive to carburetor icing and the pilot inadvertently flying into instrument meteorological conditions.

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