# NTSB Accident MIA99LA077
> **Lee S. Harvard LONG-EZ** · 1999-02-11 · SPRING HILL, FL, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA99LA077
- **Event ID:** 20001205X00207
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-02-11
- **Location:** SPRING HILL, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 28.370796, -82.509201
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Lee S. Harvard
- **Model:** LONG-EZ
- **Registration:** N96LH
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of the pilot to insure the canopy was closed prior to takeoff resulting in an aborted takeoff, overheating of the brakes, and a roll over when the aircraft was turned off the runway into the grass in an attempt to stop.

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