# NTSB Accident ERA12FA376
> **HAWKER BEECHCRAFT A36** · 2012-05-31 · Macon, MS, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA12FA376
- **Event ID:** 20120531X02455
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-05-31
- **Location:** Macon, MS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.110221, -88.559043
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** HAWKER BEECHCRAFT
- **Model:** A36
- **Registration:** N976S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue flight into an area of known thunderstorms, which resulted in an in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in actual instrument meteorological conditions and his reliance on datalink weather radar imagery for tactical avoidance of convective weather.

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