# NTSB Accident CEN17FA288
> **ZENITH CH701SP** · 2017-07-27 · Laddonia, MO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN17FA288
- **Event ID:** 20170728X94241
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-07-27
- **Location:** Laddonia, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.334445, -91.685836
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ZENITH
- **Model:** CH701SP
- **Registration:** N701XL
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to take off at night and continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. which resulted in the pilot becoming spatially disoriented and losing control of the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's degraded decision-making due to his use of a combination of impairing prescription drugs, and the pilot's lack of instrument and night flight experience.

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