# NTSB Accident CHI02LA205
> **Piper PA28-140** · 2002-07-19 · El Dorado Sprgs, MO, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI02LA205
- **Event ID:** 20020731X01277
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-07-19
- **Location:** El Dorado Sprgs, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.856666, -93.999168
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA28-140
- **Registration:** N8220N
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure by the flight crew to abort the takeoff, as well as a failure by the flight instructor to properly monitor takeoff performance.  Contributing factors to the accident were the flight crew's failure to calculate required takeoff distance, considering existing density altitude and runway surface/condition, and to utilize all available runway length.

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