# NTSB Accident ATL07LA115
> **Cirrus Design Corp. SR20** · 2007-08-18 · Siassconset, MA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL07LA115
- **Event ID:** 20070821X01216
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-08-18
- **Location:** Siassconset, MA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.230533, -71.52951
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cirrus Design Corp.
- **Model:** SR20
- **Registration:** N869CD
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The non-instrument rated pilot's loss of control at night in instrument flight conditions due to spatial disorientation. A factor was the pilot's in-flight decision not to inform the controller that he was not instrument rated.

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