# NTSB Accident CHI00LA013
> **Piper PA-32-300** · 1999-10-20 · CUSTER, SD, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA013
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19924
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-10-20
- **Location:** CUSTER, SD, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.76091, -103.599174
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-32-300
- **Registration:** N2XT
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and decision to perform an intersection takeoff, and the improper short field, rolling, intersection takeoff.  A factor relating to this accident was the trees.

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