# NTSB Accident CHI04LA231
> **Stephen T-Bird TBT06** · 2004-08-17 · Gobles, MI, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04LA231
- **Event ID:** 20040922X01477
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-08-17
- **Location:** Gobles, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.36058, -85.870269
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Stephen
- **Model:** T-Bird TBT06
- **Registration:** N655DM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** —
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions which resulted in an encounter with a downdraft that exceeded the climb capabilities of the airplane.  The downdraft and the trees were factors.

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