# Accident 19790303004019A: Cessna 150F, Seattle, WA, March 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1979, 18:15 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- 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: N8529G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8529G-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 962 total, 27 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYE16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790303004019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PUT TWO PASSENGERS IN THE AIRCRAFT AND HAND PROPPED THE AIRCRAFT. ENGINE STARTED. HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## 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 SEA79DYE16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE16), Mar 3, 1979: Cessna 150 (N8529G), Seattle, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8529G (1)

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

- [Accident 20150928017979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150928017979A), Sep 28, 2015: Cessna 150F (N8529G), Port Townsend, WA, Substantial damage. The aircraft was on a pleasure flight originating from its home base at skagit regional airport, (bvs). The aircraft had landed at jefferson county airport,…

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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