# Accident 19790117000979A: Cessna 182P, Seattle, WA, January 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1979, 13:05 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N8483M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8483M-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 8 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790117000979A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA79FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA019), Jan 17, 1979: Cessna 182P (N8483M), Seattle, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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