# NTSB Accident MIA99FA050
> **Cessna 172L** · 1998-06-23 · MACCLENNY, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA99FA050
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10393
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-06-23
- **Location:** MACCLENNY, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.280187, -82.120201
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172L
- **Registration:** N3853Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's attempted VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in a subsequent in-flight collision with trees and terrain.  Contributing factors were, haze/smoke, the student pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing, the student pilot's lack of total experience in type operation, and trees.

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