# NTSB Accident ERA11FA038
> **CESSNA 210A** · 2010-10-28 · Aiken, SC, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA11FA038
- **Event ID:** 20101028X12506
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2010-10-28
- **Location:** Aiken, SC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.660278, -81.597503
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 210A
- **Registration:** N6655X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate weather planning and improper decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper use of in-cockpit next generation radar imagery for short-range weather avoidance.

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