# NTSB Accident CHI00LA203
> **Weatherly 201B** · 2000-07-16 · STREATOR, IL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA203
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21394
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-07-16
- **Location:** STREATOR, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.119464, -88.830398
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Weatherly
- **Model:** 201B
- **Registration:** N1261W
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's preflight planning was inadequate which resulted in taking off in the wrong direction on the runway. Factors associated with the accident were the tailwind condition and the crop that the airplane contacted.

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