# NTSB Accident WPR11FA228
> **BELLANCA 17-30A** · 2011-05-18 · Rock Springs, WY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR11FA228
- **Event ID:** 20110519X55356
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2011-05-18
- **Location:** Rock Springs, WY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.17361, -108.790557
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BELLANCA
- **Model:** 17-30A
- **Registration:** N93577
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to continue flight into an area of known adverse weather, which resulted in an accumulation of structural ice that led to a loss of control and in-flight breakup. Also causal was the pilot’s inadequate preflight weather planning.

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