# NTSB Accident WPR16FA054
> **CESSNA 525** · 2016-01-18 · Cedar Fort, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR16FA054
- **Event ID:** 20160118X53003
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2016-01-18
- **Location:** Cedar Fort, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.313888, -112.080833
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 525
- **Registration:** N711BX
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation while operating in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's design stress limitations, and a subsequent in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's reported inflight instrumentation anomaly, the origin of which could not be determined during the investigation.

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