# NTSB Accident DEN01FA028
> **Cessna 172** · 2000-12-16 · LUSK, WY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN01FA028
- **Event ID:** 20010110X00073
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-12-16
- **Location:** LUSK, WY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.784999, -104.217224
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N4223F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his subsequent failure to maintain terrain clearance, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain.  Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing, low ceilings, snow, high winds, and dark night light conditions.

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