# NTSB Accident CHI03FA057
> **Cirrus Design Corp. SR-22** · 2003-01-18 · Hill City, MN, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI03FA057
- **Event ID:** 20030122X00087
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-01-18
- **Location:** Hill City, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.891109, -93.596664
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cirrus Design Corp.
- **Model:** SR-22
- **Registration:** N9523P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Spatial disorientation experienced by the pilot, due to a lack of visual references, and a failure to maintain altitude.  Contributing factors were the pilot's improper decision to attempt flight into marginal VFR conditions, his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, the low lighting condition (night) and the trees.

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