# NTSB Accident IAD04LA036
> **Cessna 172M** · 2004-08-12 · Brownville Junc, ME, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD04LA036
- **Event ID:** 20040818X01248
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-08-12
- **Location:** Brownville Junc, ME, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.693492, -69.382888
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172M
- **Registration:** N12959
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the airplane's controlled flight into rising terrain.  Factors included the instrument meteorological conditions and the rising terrain.

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