# NTSB Accident CHI98LA040
> **Cessna 172** · 1997-11-20 · SALEM, IN, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98LA040
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09150
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-11-20
- **Location:** SALEM, IN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.600151, -86.090461
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N92042
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NBRT
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude, while on final approach to land at night.  Factors relating to the accident included: an undetermined electrical malfunction, inoperative flaps, darkness, the pilot not using the landing light, and the proximity of trees to the runway.

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