# NTSB Accident CHI03LA244
> **Piper J3C-65** · 2003-08-02 · Chadron, NE, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI03LA244
- **Event ID:** 20030804X01259
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-08-02
- **Location:** Chadron, NE, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.933334, -103
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** J3C-65
- **Registration:** N70522
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Inadequate preflight planning by the pilot to ensure the required takeoff distance was utilized, as well as a failure to abort the takeoff.  Contributing factors were the uphill gradient and the hangar.

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