# NTSB Accident LAX97FA225
> **Cessna R172K** · 1997-06-28 · MORENO VALLEY, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97FA225
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08161
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-06-28
- **Location:** MORENO VALLEY, CA, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** R172K
- **Registration:** N7373K
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his attempt to climb through a low stratus cloud layer while in mountainous/hilly terrain.  The pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing, the weather, and the terrain were factors.

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