# NTSB Accident CHI03LA203
> **Aerotrike DPS** · 2003-07-05 · Brandon, IA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI03LA203
- **Event ID:** 20030710X01060
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-07-05
- **Location:** Brandon, IA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.309467, -91.999877
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aerotrike
- **Model:** DPS
- **Registration:** UNREG
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The non-certificated pilot selected unsuitable terrain for takeoff when he departed from a bean field, and the airplane stalled as a result of low airspeed during takeoff climb.  Factors to the accident included the pilot's total lack of experience, the pilot's poor judgement, the bean field, and the trees.

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