# NTSB Accident ANC19FA033
> **Piper PA 24-180** · 2019-07-11 · Ketchikan, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC19FA033
- **Event ID:** 20190711X23056
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-07-11
- **Location:** Ketchikan, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 55.30107, -131.65202
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA 24-180
- **Registration:** N5840P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to continue visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of control.

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