# NTSB Accident NYC97LA090
> **Cessna 172P** · 1997-05-13 · MORRISTOWN, NJ, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC97LA090
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08000
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-05-13
- **Location:** MORRISTOWN, NJ, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172P
- **Registration:** N65983
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's inadequate supervision which allowed the student to solo at night with less than one hour of night instruction with a known inoperative landing and taxi light.  A Factor was the student pilot's spatial disorientation which resulted in the loss of control.

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