# NTSB Accident SEA01LA138
> **Cessna 120** · 2001-07-21 · Troutdale, OR, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA01LA138
- **Event ID:** 20010724X01505
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-07-21
- **Location:** Troutdale, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.520374, -122.350013
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 120
- **Registration:** N90077
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadvertent visual flight rules ( VFR)  flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) during cruise flight. Factors include his attention being diverted to the indications presented by his Global Positioning System (GPS), and low ceiling and clouds in the area he was transiting.

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