# NTSB Accident CEN12FA164
> **PIPER PA-24-250** · 2012-02-21 · Albany, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN12FA164
- **Event ID:** 20120215X93423
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-02-21
- **Location:** Albany, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.808887, -99.323608
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-24-250
- **Registration:** N7147P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The loss of flight instrumentation due to a failed vacuum pump while flying a night without a discernable horizon, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation and an in-flight loss of control and impact with terrain. Contributing was the continued operation of the airplane with a recalled and unsafe vacuum pump.

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