# NTSB Accident CHI00LA240
> **Thompson AVID MARK IV** · 2000-08-05 · SPRINGFIELD, MO, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA240
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21668
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-08-05
- **Location:** SPRINGFIELD, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.16957, -93.179176
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Thompson
- **Model:** AVID MARK IV
- **Registration:** N619T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate preflight planning, his failure to abort the takeoff, and the inadequate airspeed.  Factors included the tall runway grass, the quartering tailwind, and the trees.

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