# NTSB Accident WPR10LA115
> **CESSNA 172M** · 2010-01-18 · Joshua Tree, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR10LA115
- **Event ID:** 20100119X22858
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2010-01-18
- **Location:** Joshua Tree, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.954166, -116.192497
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172M
- **Registration:** N13073
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The certified flight instructor's decision to continue visual flight into deteriorating weather, which resulted in his inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and subsequent failure to maintain clearance with terrain.

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