# NTSB Accident ANC19FA038
> **Cessna 172** · 2019-03-07 · Skwentna, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC19FA038
- **Event ID:** 20190324X95558
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-03-07
- **Location:** Skwentna, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 62.110279, -152.16777
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N7469A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to depart into marginal visual flight rule conditions in mountainous terrain with the potential for icing, and the airplane’s accumulation of structural icing, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain airplane control and the subsequent aerodynamic stall and spin into terrain.

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