# NTSB Accident DEN90FA041
> **CESSNA 182P** · 1990-01-13 · TOM'S PLACE, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN90FA041
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22402
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1990-01-13
- **Location:** TOM'S PLACE, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.500652, -118.310096
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 182P
- **Registration:** N5831J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  DARK NIGHT, ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, SELF INDUCED PRESSURE, AND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION.

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