# NTSB Accident CHI00FA288
> **Piper PA-22-108** · 2000-09-08 · CUSTER, SD, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00FA288
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21915
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-09-08
- **Location:** CUSTER, SD, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.759513, -103.60028
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-22-108
- **Registration:** N4730Z
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot not maintaining clearance from the tree.  Factors relating to this accident were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation, the high density altitude, the inadequate rate of climb, the pilot's improper in-flight decision to fly into rising terrain, the rising terrain, the blind canyon, and the tree.

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