# NTSB Accident ATL01LA023
> **Cessna 172SP** · 2001-01-19 · AUSTELL, GA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL01LA023
- **Event ID:** 20010122X00335
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-01-19
- **Location:** AUSTELL, GA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.819019, -84.63961
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172SP
- **Registration:** N43PD
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilots failure to follow instrument flight procedures and descended below the published the minimum  descent altitude and subsequently collided with trees short of the runway.

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