# NTSB Accident CHI98LA338
> **Piper PA-28-180** · 1998-09-11 · INT'L FALLS, MN, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98LA338
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11019
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-09-11
- **Location:** INT'L FALLS, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.579761, -93.400665
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-180
- **Registration:** N7965W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

inaccurate preflight planning which resulted in an insufficient fuel supply and the subsequent fuel exhaustion.  A factor associated with the accident was the tree which the airplane contacted during the forced landing.

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