# NTSB Accident CHI97LA262
> **Piper PA-32R-301** · 1997-08-17 · JEFFERSON CITY, MO, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI97LA262
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08589
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-08-17
- **Location:** JEFFERSON CITY, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.499168, -92.130302
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-32R-301
- **Registration:** N8147B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's incomplete preflight of the airplane's stabilizer and rudder trim settings for takeoff, his failure to correct for the high pitch during the initial climb, his failure to recover from the bounced landing, and the inadvertent stall.  Factors relating to this accident were the improper stabilizer and rudder trim settings.

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