# NTSB Accident CHI02LA229
> **Piper PA22-135** · 2002-08-02 · Lyons, WI, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI02LA229
- **Event ID:** 20021011X05317
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-08-02
- **Location:** Lyons, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.691665, -88.300003
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA22-135
- **Registration:** N3522A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Failure of the pilot to maintain a sufficient rate-of-climb and to obtain a safe altitude/clearance from the tree line at end of the runway.  Contributing factors were the uphill runway gradient and the trees.

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