47.0348° N, 120.5289° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BOWERS FLD (ELN), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 4, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place
Ellensburg, WA
Airport
Bowers
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N13724
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19 total19 in this make and model0 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.
Student pilot taxied across intersecting runway without checking traffic, struck N817PS, which had just landed.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT TAXIED ACROSS INTERSECTING RUNWAY WITHOUT CHECKING TRAFFIC, STRUCK N817PS, WHICH HAD JUST LANDED.