# NTSB Accident WPR18FA279
> **Cessna 177RG** · 2018-09-30 · La Verne, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR18FA279
- **Event ID:** 20180930X31500
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-09-30
- **Location:** La Verne, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.093334, -117.791664
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 177RG
- **Registration:** N46321
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and the exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident was an undetermined engine anomaly.

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