# Accident 20021014028719A: Cessna 175B, St Paul, MN, October 14, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2002, 12:15 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9967° N, 92.8550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9967&lon=-92.8550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8161T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8161T-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021014028719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT STATED HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND FROM RUNWAY 23, BECAUSE HE COULD NOT COMPLETE THE LANDING. HE CLIMBED OUT TO MAKE ANOTHER APPROACH. WHILE TURNING DOWNWIND, THE PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR, INCREASED HIS ANGLE OF ATTACH AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT. WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL, HE STATED HE PULLED THE POWER BACK, HIT POWERLINES AND CRASHED INTO A HANGAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI03LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA008), Oct 14, 2002: Cessna 175B (N8161T), Lake Elmo, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors to the accident included the gusting wind conditions and the encountered windshear, which resulted in the inadvertent stall at a low altitude…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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