# NTSB Accident CHI03FA071
> **Cessna 172N** · 2003-02-15 · Wellington, KS, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI03FA071
- **Event ID:** 20030219X00239
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-02-15
- **Location:** Wellington, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.189998, -97.333053
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172N
- **Registration:** N5898E
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

Spatial disorientation experienced by the pilot and his subsequent failure to maintain control of the aircraft.  Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to obtain an updated preflight weather briefing prior to the return flight, his attempted flight into known adverse weather, the lack of lighting (night) and the low ceilings.

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