# NTSB Accident CHI01LA098
> **Cessna 170B** · 2001-03-04 · South Haven, MN, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI01LA098
- **Event ID:** 20010305X00541
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-03-04
- **Location:** South Haven, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.290279, -94.209098
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 170B
- **Registration:** N2577D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from the terrain during the maneuver to avoid the tree line.  Factors to the accident were the diminished aircraft handling, the pilot's maneuver to avoid the tree line, the unsuitable terrain for takeoff selected by the pilot, the snow covered lake, and the tree line.

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