# NTSB Accident WPR17FA065
> **CESSNA 172** · 2017-02-26 · Panguitch, UT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR17FA065
- **Event ID:** 20170227X54511
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-02-26
- **Location:** Panguitch, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.007221, -112.499443
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N3712F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's inadequate preflight weather planning and his poor decision-making.

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