# NTSB Accident CHI94LA131
> **CESSNA 172** · 1994-04-11 · EDINA, MO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI94LA131
- **Event ID:** 20001206X01075
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1994-04-11
- **Location:** EDINA, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.160278, -92.170509
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N4253L
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot in commands' failure to obtain obstruction clearance from trees during a visual takeoff from a short, soft, wet field in instrument meteorological conditions. A factor was the pilot in commands' misjudgment of the takeoff climb performance of the airplane, which resulted in striking trees at the departure end of the field.  A second factor was the operation of the airplane with a known defective wet compass, which resulted in the pilot's disorientation and led him to land in the unsuitable field.

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