# NTSB Accident CHI96FA152
> **CESSNA 340A** · 1996-05-08 · WAUKEGAN, IL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96FA152
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05703
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-05-08
- **Location:** WAUKEGAN, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.399906, -87.850532
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 340A
- **Registration:** N225BA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inability to maintain visual contact with the runway environment due to 'flash blindness' when he turned on the airplane's landing light, and his subsequent inability to regain control of the airplane after turning off the landing light due to his loss of night vision.  A factor was the bright light condition encountered by the pilot.

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