# NTSB Accident CHI98LA003
> **Beech E18S** · 1997-10-02 · LAKE ELMO, MN, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98LA003
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08964
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-10-02
- **Location:** LAKE ELMO, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.989299, -92.899826
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** E18S
- **Registration:** N916TM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure identify the unsafe condition (vortex turbulence) which existed due to departing airplane and his subsequent inability to control the airplane once encountering the turbulence.

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