# NTSB Accident WPR18FA245
> **Cessna P210** · 2018-08-30 · Prescott, AZ, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR18FA245
- **Event ID:** 20180830X12655
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-08-30
- **Location:** Prescott, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.669998, -112.40583
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** P210
- **Registration:** N6500W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude from the runway and his subsequent failure to maintain an approach path that provided clearance from the terrain due to a visual illusion in dark night conditions.

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