# NTSB Accident CHI96LA199
> **Cessna 150** · 1996-06-13 · CHARLOTTE, MI, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI96LA199
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05926
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-06-13
- **Location:** CHARLOTTE, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.56015, -84.829788
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 150
- **Registration:** N16047
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and failure to use all the available runway for takeoff.  Factors associated with the accident were the wet grass airstrip and the powerlines.

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