# NTSB Accident DEN99LA063
> **Cessna 172P** · 1999-04-08 · DULCE, NM, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN99LA063
- **Event ID:** 20001205X00453
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-04-08
- **Location:** DULCE, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.930065, -106.990089
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172P
- **Registration:** N96212
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot-in-command becoming disoriented during cruise flight, and his intentional flight into instrument meteorological conditions without proper certification.  Factors were the existing weather conditions that included snow, fog, obscuration and icing, the dark night light conditions, the rough terrain condition on which to make a forced landing, and the closed runway.

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