# NTSB Accident WPR13FA072
> **PIPER PA-31-350** · 2012-12-19 · Payson, AZ, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR13FA072
- **Event ID:** 20121219X45033
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-12-19
- **Location:** Payson, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.107776, -111.471107
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-31-350
- **Registration:** N62959
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The airplane’s inadvertent encounter, in night instrument meteorological conditions, with unforecast strong up- and downdrafts and possibly severe airframe icing conditions (which likely included supercooled large droplets that the airplane was not certificated to fly in) that led to the pilot's loss of airplane control.

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