# NTSB Accident CEN20LA127
> **Piper PA28R** · 2020-03-19 · Pleasant Plain, OH, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN20LA127
- **Event ID:** 20200319X90956
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-03-19
- **Location:** Pleasant Plain, OH, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.294166, -84.10778
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA28R
- **Registration:** N3943T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s encounter with convective turbulence and low-level wind shear in dark night instrument meteorological conditions that resulted in spatial disorientation and the loss of airplane control.

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