# NTSB Accident CHI99LA256
> **Piper PA-31-350** · 1999-07-26 · SALINA, KS, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI99LA256
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19214
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-07-26
- **Location:** SALINA, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.809761, -97.609085
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-31-350
- **Registration:** N97MA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the inadequate preflight inspection by the pilot.  Factors to the accident were fuel exhaustion and the operation of the aircraft with known deficiencies in equipment by the pilot.

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