# NTSB Accident FTW96FA390
> **Cessna 320C** · 1996-09-19 · WACO, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW96FA390
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06715
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-09-19
- **Location:** WACO, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 31.550819, -97.140174
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 320C
- **Registration:** N3020T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain sufficient altitude or clearance from the terrain.  Factors relating to the accident were: inadequate preflight by the pilot, his failure to obtain a weather briefing, darkness, adverse weather conditions, lack of fuel to proceed to an alternate destination, pressure induced on the pilot by an urgent need to get to a real estate license renewal class, and pilot anxiety/depression.

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