# NTSB Accident IAD98FA072
> **Cessna 172M** · 1998-06-22 · HEBRON, CT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD98FA072
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10331
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-06-22
- **Location:** HEBRON, CT, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172M
- **Registration:** N12912
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing which resulted in inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation.  Factors in this accident were low ceilings and fog.

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