# NTSB Accident FTW97FA039
> **Cessna 182Q** · 1996-11-12 · COLORADO CITY, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW97FA039
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07020
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-11-12
- **Location:** COLORADO CITY, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.389823, -100.850097
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182Q
- **Registration:** N5116N
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's encounter with instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his subsequent loss of aircraft control, due to spatial disorientation.  Factors relating to the accident were: the clouds, low ceilings, and the pilot's lack of recent instrument experience.

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