# NTSB Accident CHI03LA318
> **Dixon Glasair II** · 2003-09-06 · Columbia, IL, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI03LA318
- **Event ID:** 20030923X01578
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-09-06
- **Location:** Columbia, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.450553, -90.235832
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Dixon
- **Model:** Glasair II
- **Registration:** N817CD
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted takeoff.   Contributing factors were the open cabin door, the grass runway and the soft terrain adjacent to the runway.

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