# NTSB Accident ERA13FA402
> **CESSNA T-50** · 2013-09-03 · Lenox Twp., PA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA13FA402
- **Event ID:** 20130909X93855
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2013-09-03
- **Location:** Lenox Twp., PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.724723, -75.693054
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** T-50
- **Registration:** N41759
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's intentional visual flight into night instrument meteorological conditions and thunderstorms and his improper decision to takeoff without getting updated weather information after a briefer cautioned him during a previous flight that visual flight rules flight was not recommended along his route, which resulted in collision with trees and terrain during a visual approach.

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