# NTSB Accident CHI00LA206
> **Mead KOLB FIRESTAR II** · 2000-07-17 · GWINN, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA206
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21397
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-07-17
- **Location:** GWINN, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.290901, -87.430175
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mead
- **Model:** KOLB FIRESTAR II
- **Registration:** UNREG
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot not obtaining/maintaining altitude/clearance.  Factors were the tree and the high density altitude.

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