# NTSB Accident CHI00FA039
> **Cessna 310N** · 1999-12-10 · DANVILLE, IL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00FA039
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20196
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-12-10
- **Location:** DANVILLE, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.139366, -87.60968
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 310N
- **Registration:** N5038Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

Aircraft control not being maintained by the flight instructor and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.  Factors to the accident were the flight instructor's VFR flight into IMC weather conditions, the inadequate preflight planning/preparation conducted by the flight instructor, the dark night, the low ceiling, and the rain.

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