# NTSB Accident CHI00LA113
> **Cessna 172S** · 2000-04-15 · NEAR MUSKEGON, MI, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA113
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20779
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-04-15
- **Location:** NEAR MUSKEGON, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.219226, -86.249931
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172S
- **Registration:** N560SP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot failed to maintain altitude after inadvertently flying to instrument meteorological conditions.  Factors associated with the accident were the low ceilings and visibility, the pilot became disoriented after inadvertently flying into IMC, and the pilot was not instrument rated.

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