# NTSB Accident CHI06FA275
> **Piper PA-28-140** · 2006-08-24 · Kulm, ND, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI06FA275
- **Event ID:** 20061012X01503
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-08-24
- **Location:** Kulm, ND, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.42889, -99.040832
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-140
- **Registration:** N9714W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The non-instrument rated pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in his inadvertent encounter with a thunderstorm and his loss of aircraft control.  A factor to the accident was the thunderstorm.

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