# NTSB Accident CHI99FA042
> **Cessna 172F** · 1998-11-29 · COLEMAN, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI99FA042
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11375
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-11-29
- **Location:** COLEMAN, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.069252, -88.029411
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172F
- **Registration:** N72RE
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the trees and his intentional flight into IMC conditions.  Factors contributing to this accident were the pilot's lack of instrument certification, his becoming lost in the poor weather, his inadequate preparation for flight by failing to obtain adequate weather information, his improper decision to attempt a visual approach in instrument conditions, and the trees.

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