# NTSB Accident CHI04FA071
> **Cessna 182Q** · 2004-02-16 · Rozel, KS, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04FA071
- **Event ID:** 20040223X00220
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-02-16
- **Location:** Rozel, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.289722, -99.449722
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182Q
- **Registration:** N735RD
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, the spatial disorientation, and aircraft control not maintained by the pilot during cruise flight.  Contributing to the accident were the night instrument meteorological conditions due to low ceilings and low visibility, an incomplete pre-flight weather briefing, and the lack of recent experience in instrument meteorological conditions.

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