# NTSB Accident NYC02FA106
> **Cessna A185F** · 2002-05-30 · Pleasant Mount, PA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC02FA106
- **Event ID:** 20020611X00846
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-05-30
- **Location:** Pleasant Mount, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.723331, -75.312774
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** A185F
- **Registration:** N1577B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision resulting in flight into adverse weather, and his failure to maintain aircraft control, resulting in overstress of the aircraft.  A factor was the thunderstorm activity.

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