# NTSB Accident ANC05FA037
> **Cessna 172** · 2005-02-22 · Cedar Key, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC05FA037
- **Event ID:** 20050225X00233
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-02-22
- **Location:** Cedar Key, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.133333, -83.01667
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N739NK
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an abrupt maneuver to avoid a power line, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, a loss of control, and subsequent collision with terrain-water.  Factors associated with the accident were low a ceiling, fog, a transmission wire, and an inadvertent stall.

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