# NTSB Accident ERA16FA074
> **HINTON PAUL M RV 4** · 2015-12-18 · Greenville, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA16FA074
- **Event ID:** 20151218X21206
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-12-18
- **Location:** Greenville, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.354166, -83.610832
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** HINTON PAUL M
- **Model:** RV 4
- **Registration:** N77BP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to initiate the flight into known adverse weather conditions, in an airplane that was not approved for instrument flight, which resulted in an encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and his subsequent spatial disorientation and loss of airplane control.

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