# NTSB Accident CEN17FA354
> **CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22** · 2017-09-16 · Glenwood Springs, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN17FA354
- **Event ID:** 20170916X12649
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-09-16
- **Location:** Glenwood Springs, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.409999, -107.209999
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 4
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CIRRUS DESIGN CORP
- **Model:** SR22
- **Registration:** N462SR
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The non-instrument-rated pilot's inadequate preflight weather planning, his decision to depart into forecast instrument meteorological conditions along the route of flight, and his continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of airplane control.

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