# NTSB Accident SEA99LA025
> **Cessna 177** · 1998-12-26 · BELLINGHAM, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA99LA025
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11637
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-12-26
- **Location:** BELLINGHAM, WA, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 177
- **Registration:** N2355Y
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Inadequate preflight planning/preparation, and the pilot's failure to maintain altitude.  VFR flight into IMC conditions and cloudy weather conditions were factors.

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