# NTSB Accident WPR17FA045
> **CESSNA T210K** · 2017-01-02 · Payson, AZ, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR17FA045
- **Event ID:** 20170103X14851
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-01-02
- **Location:** Payson, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.429721, -111.277778
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** T210K
- **Registration:** N272EF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The non-instrument-rated pilot's improper decisions to begin and to continue a flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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