# NTSB Accident IAD96FA057
> **Cessna 172** · 1996-04-06 · BARKHAMSTED, CT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD96FA057
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05581
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-04-06
- **Location:** BARKHAMSTED, CT, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N6234E
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the CFI pilot/passenger's poor judgment which led to spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control of the airplane.  Factors involved in this accident were the night marginal visual flight conditions and continuing flight with a known nonfunctioning artificial horizon.

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