# NTSB Accident ERA19FA130
> **Mooney M20C** · 2019-03-14 · Cashiers, NC, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA19FA130
- **Event ID:** 20190315X92308
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-03-14
- **Location:** Cashiers, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.0625, -83.153892
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mooney
- **Model:** M20C
- **Registration:** N6075Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

The pilot's loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation while flying in instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the vacuum pump and its associated instruments.

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