# NTSB Accident FTW01FA098
> **Cessna 172E** · 2001-04-13 · Bay City, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW01FA098
- **Event ID:** 20010417X00768
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-04-13
- **Location:** Bay City, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.113889, -95.952499
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172E
- **Registration:** N5638T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's delay in taking remedial action (contacting ATC) after he became lost/disoriented during a night cross country flight, which resulted in a forced landing due to fuel exhaustion.  Contributing factors to the accident were the pilot's failure to contact a flight service station for a weather briefing, the low clouds and dark night light conditions.

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