# NTSB Accident ERA12LA435
> **PIPER PA-42** · 2012-07-09 · Charleston, WV, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA12LA435
- **Event ID:** 20120710X05030
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-07-09
- **Location:** Charleston, WV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.785556, -81.121109
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-42
- **Registration:** N332SM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The airplane’s encounter with a gravity-wave duct atmospheric phenomenon.

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