# NTSB Accident ERA17FA145
> **Pipistrel Virus SW** · 2017-04-04 · Micanopy, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA17FA145
- **Event ID:** 20170404X04612
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-04-04
- **Location:** Micanopy, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.465278, -82.375
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Pipistrel
- **Model:** Virus SW
- **Registration:** N155CL
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's intentional flight into an area of known convective thunderstorm activity, which resulted in an in-flight breakup.

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