# NTSB Accident CEN24FA024
> **LANCAIR 320** · 2023-10-25 · Manitowoc, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN24FA024
- **Event ID:** 20231026193308
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2023-10-25
- **Location:** Manitowoc, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.16972, -87.692777
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** LANCAIR
- **Model:** 320
- **Registration:** N320P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions and failure to maintain clearance from trees and terrain during an unapproved instrument approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight weather planning.

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