# NTSB Accident CEN21FA297
> **Earthstar Aircraft Gull 2000** · 2021-06-30 · Curtiss, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN21FA297
- **Event ID:** 20210630103391
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2021-06-30
- **Location:** Curtiss, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.984025, -90.461475
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Earthstar Aircraft
- **Model:** Gull 2000
- **Registration:** N1712L
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAWN
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to depart into instrument meteorological conditions with dense fog and low clouds, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s self-imposed pressure to depart on the flight.

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