# Accident 19790102000119A: Cessna 172N, Kent, WA, January 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kent, WA
- Airport: Crest
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3371° N, 122.1035° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CREST AIRFIELD (S36), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3371&lon=-122.1035&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1327E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1327E-1979-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 78 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FYE09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYE09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790102000119A

## Narrative

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

FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND IN THE PARTIALLY CLOSED POSITION. AIR COULD NOT BE BLOWN THRU THE FUEL SELECTOR.

## 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 SEA79FYE09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYE09), Jan 2, 1979: Cessna 172 (N1327E), Kent, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1327E (1)

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

- [Incident 19781025028289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781025028289I), Oct 25, 1978: Cessna 172 (N1327E), Auburn, WA, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control during a touch and go.

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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