# NTSB Accident ERA14LA450
> **BARGER JERRY L CHALLENGER II** · 2014-09-20 · Clarion, PA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA14LA450
- **Event ID:** 20140923X92146
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2014-09-20
- **Location:** Clarion, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.221389, -79.438613
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BARGER JERRY L
- **Model:** CHALLENGER II
- **Registration:** N4017C
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a takeoff with the airplane's center of gravity aft of its limit and led the airplane to exceed its critical angle of attack and experience an aerodynamic stall during the initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of flight experience in the aircraft make and model.

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