# NTSB Accident CEN20FA034
> **Mooney M20C** · 2019-12-08 · Flower Pot, AZ, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN20FA034
- **Event ID:** 20191213X42028
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-12-08
- **Location:** Flower Pot, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.479442, -111.989166
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mooney
- **Model:** M20C
- **Registration:** N5557Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

The noninstrument-rated pilot’s decision to initiate and continue the visual flight rules flight into an area of forecast instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of airplane control. Contributing was the pilot's lack of instrument flight experience.

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