# NTSB Accident CHI01LA060
> **Cessna 172S** · 2001-01-04 · Sioux Falls, SD, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI01LA060
- **Event ID:** 20010111X00288
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-01-04
- **Location:** Sioux Falls, SD, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172S
- **Registration:** N727SP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Aircraft directional control not being maintained by the student pilot during the takeoff roll.  Factors to the accident were the snow bank and the student pilot's lack of total experience.

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