# NTSB Accident ERA09FA145
> **PIPER PA-34-200T** · 2009-01-30 · Huntington, WV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA09FA145
- **Event ID:** 20090131X25145
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2009-01-30
- **Location:** Huntington, WV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.343334, -82.556114
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 6
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 6
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-34-200T
- **Registration:** N8047C
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

(1) The pilot’s failure to perform adequate preflight planning and to use available in flight resources in a timely manner and (2) his decision to continue visual-flight-rules flight in instrument meteorological conditions despite his lack of an instrument rating and proficiency in instrument flying, which resulted in spatial disorientation and impact with terrain.

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