# NTSB Accident ERA18LA164
> **PIPER PA 44** · 2018-06-09 · Daytona Beach, FL, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA18LA164
- **Event ID:** 20180610X95718
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-06-09
- **Location:** Daytona Beach, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.239166, -81.078887
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA 44
- **Registration:** N21161
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilots’ improper in-flight weather evaluation and decision to continue the approach, which resulted in an encounter with a thunderstorm, a loss of airplane control, and collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate preflight weather evaluation.

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