# NTSB Accident CHI00LA036
> **Cessna 172M** · 1999-12-09 · AVA, MO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA036
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20203
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-12-09
- **Location:** AVA, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.949886, -92.660507
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172M
- **Registration:** N69LM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the improper in-flight decision made by the pilot.  Factors to the accident were the charts/other manuals depicting the incorrect frequency, the dirt bank, and the rocks.

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