# NTSB Accident ANC00FA128
> **Cessna 207** · 2000-09-20 · ANIAK, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC00FA128
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21881
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-09-20
- **Location:** ANIAK, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.040279, -157.173049
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 207
- **Registration:** N42472
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NR
- **Weather:** —
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to initiate visual flight into dark night instrument meteorological conditions.  Factors associated with the accident are a low ceiling, a dark night, the pilot's failure to follow regulatory procedures and directives, and his self-induced pressure to return to base to take another flight.

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