# NTSB Accident WPR11FA082
> **AERO COMMANDER 114B** · 2010-12-22 · Lander, WY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR11FA082
- **Event ID:** 20101224X11416
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2010-12-22
- **Location:** Lander, WY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.593055, -108.981666
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AERO COMMANDER
- **Model:** 114B
- **Registration:** N799RS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to continue visual flight in instrument or marginal visual meteorological conditions in mountainous terrain, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of preflight planning to ensure that appropriate weather and terrain avoidance options remained available to him.

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