# NTSB Accident CHI01LA042
> **Aerostar PA-60-601P** · 2000-11-26 · PRESTON, MN, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI01LA042
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22274
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-11-26
- **Location:** PRESTON, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.66925, -92.080047
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aerostar
- **Model:** PA-60-601P
- **Registration:** N713HM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

altitude/clearance from the trees not being obtained/maintained by the pilot.  Factors to the accident were the trees and the contamination of the pitot/static system.

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