# NTSB Accident DEN90FA002
> **CESSNA 182A** · 1989-10-02 · NIXON, NV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN90FA002
- **Event ID:** 20001213X29578
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1989-10-02
- **Location:** NIXON, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.890422, -119.279739
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 182A
- **Registration:** N2155G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAWN
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION.   INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION BY THE PILOT, AND THE WEATHER AND LIGHT CONDITIONS AT EARLY DAWN WERE FACTORS.

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