# Accident 20030822023391A: Cessna 172S, Lake Elmo, MN, August 22, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2003, 17:27 local time
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: KN8S
- Location: 44.9533° N, 92.8833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9533&lon=-92.8833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53033, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53033-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030822023391A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUG 22, 2003, A CESSNA 172, N53033, AND A PIPER PA-28-181, N38416 COLLIDED MID AIR AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET AGL. THIS COLLISION OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES WSW OF LAKE ELMO, MN, AIRPORT (21D). FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN THE CESSNA 172 RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND STUDENT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE PIPER PA-28-181 RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N38416, Piper PA28181: [Accident 20030822023392A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030822023392A)

## 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 CHI03FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA284), Aug 22, 2003: Cessna 172S (N53033), Lake Elmo, MN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Both pilots failed to maintain adequate visual lookout and did not maintain clearance from the other aircraft.

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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