# NTSB Accident ANC19TA017
> **Cessna A185** · 2019-04-15 · Nome, AK, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC19TA017
- **Event ID:** 20190416X30036
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-04-15
- **Location:** Nome, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 65.925834, -164.61138
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** A185
- **Registration:** N5163E
- **FAR Part:** PUBU
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into an area of mountainous terrain and instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of instrument proficiency.

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