# NTSB Accident DEN00FA037
> **Cessna 421B** · 2000-01-02 · TELLURIDE, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN00FA037
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20344
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-01-02
- **Location:** TELLURIDE, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.940063, -107.899459
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 421B
- **Registration:** N421CF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The non-instrument rated pilot's intentional flight into IMC, and his subsequent spatial disorientation that resulted in an inadvertent stall.  A factor was the snow showers weather condition.

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