# NTSB Accident MIA00FA064
> **Cessna 172R** · 2000-01-06 · Atlantic Ocean, AO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA00FA064
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20403
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-01-06
- **Location:** Atlantic Ocean, AO, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172R
- **Registration:** N156RA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's lack of total experience in instrument flight, simulated instrument flight, and night flight resulting in the pilot becoming spatially disoriented, and subsequent in-flight collision with water. Contributing to the accident was the dark night with no visible horizon.

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