19790117000979A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182P · Seattle, WA · January 17, 1979

Date
January 17, 1979 · 13:05 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8483M
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA79FA019
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
107 total8 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was seen to pass behind a Boeing 727, roll inverted and dive into water

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN TO PASS BEHIND A BOEING 727, ROLL INVERTED AND DIVE INTO WATER

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.