# NTSB SEA03WA048: Cessna 172G, Trefoil Island, Australia, March 14, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 14, 2003, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place: Trefoil Island, Australia
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 57134
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA03WA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57134/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03WA048

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-RPI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172G
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Other work use, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Smithton Aerial Services
- Departed: Trefoil
- Destination: Wynyard

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.

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