# NTSB Accident MIA01LA217
> **Cessna 152** · 2001-08-16 · Summerfield, FL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA01LA217
- **Event ID:** 20010828X01796
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-08-16
- **Location:** Summerfield, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 28.999776, -82.030258
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 152
- **Registration:** N69120
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The poor in-flight planning decision by the student pilot for his failure to turn around to avoid low ceilings resulting in a precautionary landing in a field.  A contributing factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.  A finding in the investigation was the pilot's intentional flight into instrument meteorologiocal conditions (IMC) on 2 separate occasions.

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