# NTSB Accident CHI97LA061
> **Cessna 182K** · 1997-02-01 · EL DORADO, KS, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI97LA061
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07388
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-02-01
- **Location:** EL DORADO, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.820407, -96.849647
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182K
- **Registration:** N2898R
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.  A factor relating to the accident was: the ditch, which the airplane contacted.

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