# NTSB Accident IAD98FA012
> **Cessna 182A** · 1997-11-24 · NEW DOVER, OH, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD98FA012
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09189
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-11-24
- **Location:** NEW DOVER, OH, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.229293, -83.370346
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182A
- **Registration:** N6068B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's attempted VFR flight into instrument conditions and the loss of aircraft ctontrol subsequent to the pilot's spatial disorientation.  Contributing factors were low ceilings, snow and the pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing, as well as his lack of instrument certification.

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