# NTSB Accident CHI97LA036
> **Cessna 177** · 1996-12-03 · REGAN, ND, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI97LA036
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07140
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-12-03
- **Location:** REGAN, ND, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.150974, -100.519119
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 177
- **Registration:** N30255
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather.  Factors were clouds, the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision making, his poor evaluation of the weather, and the encounter with unsuitable terrain for landing.

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