# NTSB Accident DEN08LA139
> **Dickey RV-6A** · 2008-08-11 · Muskogee, OK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN08LA139
- **Event ID:** 20080814X01242
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-08-11
- **Location:** Muskogee, OK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.731388, -95.347503
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Dickey
- **Model:** RV-6A
- **Registration:** N22163
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into an area of reduced visibility weather conditions, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of aircraft control.  Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent experience flying in instrument conditions.

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