# NTSB Accident FTW98LA335
> **Cessna 172M** · 1998-07-27 · FRANKTOWN, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW98LA335
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10597
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-07-27
- **Location:** FRANKTOWN, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.380119, -104.749984
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172M
- **Registration:** N5147N
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Flight at an altitude insufficient to clear terrain.  Factors were the pilot's failure to reset or correct a precessing directional gyro, his becoming lost/disoriented, and dark night light conditions.

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