# NTSB Accident CHI00LA015
> **Welch MURPHY REBEL** · 1999-10-24 · SAINT  JOHNS, MI, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA015
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19926
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-10-24
- **Location:** SAINT  JOHNS, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.999954, -84.550987
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Welch
- **Model:** MURPHY REBEL
- **Registration:** N8160X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot not maintaining altitude and clearance.  Factors were the trees, the flap control not fully engaged, and the pilot's lack of total experience in the kind of airplane flown.

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