# NTSB Accident SEA98LA003
> **Champion 7EC** · 1997-10-17 · GALATA, MT, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA98LA003
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09118
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-10-17
- **Location:** GALATA, MT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.709682, -111.350143
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Champion
- **Model:** 7EC
- **Registration:** CFOJT
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to adequately perform preflight planning (prior to the precautionary landing and prior to the subsequent takeoff), his selection of an unsuitable takeoff area, and his failure to maintain altitude/clearance from the fence during the takeoff.  A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff.

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