# NTSB Accident ERA16FA100
> **CESSNA 182** · 2016-02-02 · Mobile, AL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA16FA100
- **Event ID:** 20160202X33553
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2016-02-02
- **Location:** Mobile, AL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.678611, -88.26361
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 182
- **Registration:** N784CP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's loss of airplane control during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight and inflight weather planning which resulted the pilot's selection of an unsuitable alternate airport, and the Civil Air Patrol's inadequate flight release procedures and inadequate oversight of the flight.

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