# NTSB Accident IAD99FA005
> **Cessna R172K** · 1998-10-13 · BOWIE, MD, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD99FA005
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11268
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-10-13
- **Location:** BOWIE, MD, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.989345, -76.739196
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** R172K
- **Registration:** N736KL
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.  Also causal was the pilot's poor in-flight planning/decision, and his continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions.  A related factor was the fog.

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