# NTSB Accident SEA00LA168
> **Cessna 172B** · 2000-08-20 · SUNRIVER, OR, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA00LA168
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21872
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-08-20
- **Location:** SUNRIVER, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.259506, -121.219978
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172B
- **Registration:** N8178X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to continue the takeoff after the aircraft failed to climb or accelerate immediately after the initial liftoff. Factors were inadequate preflight planning, to include the pilot's failure to calculate takeoff performance data, trees off the departure end of the runway, a high density altitude environment, and wet, swampy/marshy terrain in the area where the pilot found it necessary to execute a precautionary/emergency landing.

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