# NTSB Accident CHI04FA055
> **Cessna 182P** · 2004-01-11 · Baudette, MN, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04FA055
- **Event ID:** 20040120X00077
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-01-11
- **Location:** Baudette, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.629444, -94.726669
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182P
- **Registration:** N5787J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance.  Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of an instrument rating, low ceiling, low altitude, and the dark night conditions.

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