# NTSB Accident BFO90LA072
> **CESSNA A152** · 1990-08-05 · HYDEN, KY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** BFO90LA072
- **Event ID:** 20001212X23907
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1990-08-05
- **Location:** HYDEN, KY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.24998, -83.190658
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** A152
- **Registration:** N4728A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

THE PILOT INTENTIONALLY CONTINUING VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT FLYING PROFICIENCY.

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