# Accident 19790517016239A: Cessna 185, Bellevue, WA, May 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1979, 16:25 local time
- Place: Bellevue, WA
- Airport: Bellevue
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6104° N, 122.2007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellevue, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6104&lon=-122.2007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4903C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4903C-1980-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 688 total, 385 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYE22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790517016239A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STARTED WHILE TURNING PROP. PILOT UNABLE TO STOP ACFT, HIT HANGAR. PILOT LEFT ONE MAG HOT.

## 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 SEA79DYE22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE22), May 17, 1979: Cessna 185 (N4903C), Bellevue, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4903C (1)

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

- [Accident 19760327005079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760327005079A), Mar 27, 1976: Cessna A185F (N4903C), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage. Frozen lake,hi terrain on 3 sides,40FT trees at tkof end. Gusting to 12K. Lifted off,then aborted.

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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