# NTSB Accident IAD05LA028
> **Cessna 172** · 2005-01-01 · Knottsville, KY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD05LA028
- **Event ID:** 20050128X00117
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-01-01
- **Location:** Knottsville, KY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.766387, -86.874443
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N6225E
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's loss of control in flight due to spatial disorientation.  Also causal to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in his inadvertent flight into night instrument meteorological conditions.

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