# NTSB Accident ERA21LA313
> **CESSNA 172** · 2021-08-02 · Waxhaw, NC, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA21LA313
- **Event ID:** 20210803103613
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2021-08-02
- **Location:** Waxhaw, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.868453, -80.742878
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N3090U
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to abort the takeoff in sufficient time to stop the airplane on the runway remaining. Contributing to the accident was the lack of airplane takeoff performance due to the pilot’s failure to assure that the carburetor heat control was in the off position and the elevated density altitude.

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