# NTSB Accident CEN12FA421
> **BEECH E90** · 2012-07-07 · Karnack, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN12FA421
- **Event ID:** 20120707X20106
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-07-07
- **Location:** Karnack, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.661945, -94.219718
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BEECH
- **Model:** E90
- **Registration:** N987GM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent flight into thunderstorm activity, which resulted in the loss of airplane control and the subsequent exceedance of the airplane's design limits and in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was the failure of air traffic control personnel to use available radar information to provide the pilot with a timely warning that he was about to encounter extreme precipitation and weather along his route of flight or to provide alternative routing to the pilot.

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