# NTSB Accident CEN10FA028
> **BEECH B100** · 2009-10-26 · Benavides, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN10FA028
- **Event ID:** 20091026X72148
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2009-10-26
- **Location:** Benavides, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.768888, -97.500556
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BEECH
- **Model:** B100
- **Registration:** N729MS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to avoid severe weather, and the air traffic controller's failure to provide adverse weather avoidance assistance, as required by Federal Aviation Administration directives, both of which led to the airplane's encounter with a severe thunderstorm and the subsequent loss of control and inflight breakup of the airplane.

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