# NTSB Accident CEN14LA376
> **AIR TRACTOR INC AT 401B** · 2014-07-18 · Ellis, KS, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN14LA376
- **Event ID:** 20140718X64536
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2014-07-18
- **Location:** Ellis, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.023887, -99.457221
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AIR TRACTOR INC
- **Model:** AT 401B
- **Registration:** N4223F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The noninstrument-rated pilot’s inadequate preflight weather planning and subsequent inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and the loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to continue the flight in deteriorating weather conditions.

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