# NTSB Accident ERA20LA288
> **Cessna 170** · 2020-08-13 · Ardmore, TN, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA20LA288
- **Event ID:** 20200818X01327
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-08-13
- **Location:** Ardmore, TN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.043609, -86.828613
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 170
- **Registration:** N3962V
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and his decision to depart from a constrained, grass-covered field in elevated-density altitude conditions, which resulted in reduced takeoff and climb performance and a subsequent forced landing.

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