# NTSB Accident WPR19FA075
> **Piper PA28** · 2019-01-29 · Oceanside, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR19FA075
- **Event ID:** 20190129X20312
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-01-29
- **Location:** Oceanside, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.210556, -117.36916
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA28
- **Registration:** N37RV
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper decision to depart on the night visual flight rules flight into deteriorating weather conditions, which resulted in an in-flight encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and collision with rising terrain.

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