# NTSB Accident LAX01LA052
> **Cessna 172H** · 2000-12-12 · SAN DIEGO, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX01LA052
- **Event ID:** 20001218X45440
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-12-12
- **Location:** SAN DIEGO, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.55001, -117.040763
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172H
- **Registration:** N4959R
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and weather evaluation that resulted in the inadvertant entry into instrument meteorological conditions while conducting visual flight.  A factor was fog and the night visual conditions.

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