# NTSB Accident ANC04LA012
> **Cessna 172** · 2003-12-05 · Chugiak, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC04LA012
- **Event ID:** 20031210X02016
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-12-05
- **Location:** Chugiak, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.333332, -148.983337
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N2459L
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing/takeoff area, and his failure to abort the takeoff, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a stump, and subsequent loss of control.  Factors associated with the accident were snow-covered terrain and a stump.

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