# NTSB Accident CHI97FA024
> **Cessna 177B** · 1996-11-05 · CHANCELLOR, SD, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI97FA024
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06997
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-11-05
- **Location:** CHANCELLOR, SD, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.370281, -96.980453
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 177B
- **Registration:** N34994
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's attempted flight with known deficiencies in equipment, his initiating VFR flight into IMC conditions, his spatial disorientation and loss of control of the airplane.  Factors were fog, dark night, and inoperative directional gyro.

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