# NTSB Accident DEN00LA046
> **Cessna 172** · 2000-01-19 · TOOELE, UT, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN00LA046
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20353
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-01-19
- **Location:** TOOELE, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.570129, -112.330932
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N6445B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to correct the descent, and his failure to maintain a visual lookout.  Factors were the pilot's improper weather evaluation, his lack of recent experience in type of operation, his inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions at night, fog, and rising terrain.

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