# Incident 19781019030599I: Cessna 150, Seattle, WA, October 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1978, 15:50 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Seattle Tacoma In
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16230, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16230-1991-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 14 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781019030599I

## Narrative

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

HIT A LIGHT POLE WHILE TAXIING INTO THE PARKING AREA.

## Other reports on N16230 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910420011639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910420011639A), Apr 20, 1991: Cessna 150L (N16230), Mt Vernon, WA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Practicing slow flight and approach to stall with flaps down. Stalled , entered spin, crashed and burned.

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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