# NTSB Accident ERA24FA096
> **CESSNA 172** · 2024-01-23 · Weston, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA24FA096
- **Event ID:** 20240124193703
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2024-01-23
- **Location:** Weston, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 26.149583, -80.509903
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N737VC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilots’ spatial disorientation in dark night visual meteorological conditions, which resulted in their failure to maintain altitude and a subsequent descent and impact with a swamp.

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