# NTSB Accident NYC08FA180
> **PIPER PA-32-260** · 2008-05-12 · Cruso, NC, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC08FA180
- **Event ID:** 20080521X00707
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-05-12
- **Location:** Cruso, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.405277, -82.845275
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-32-260
- **Registration:** N64FP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions with moderate to severe turbulence prevailing. Contributing to the accident were the instrument meteorological conditions and turbulence.

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