# Incident 19791104056682I: Cessna 172F, Ellensburg, WA, November 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Ellensburg, WA
- Airport: Bowers
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0348° N, 120.5289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWERS FLD (ELN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0348&lon=-120.5289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N817PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791104056682I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING, YET STILL ON RUNWAY,AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY N13724 TAXIING ONTO RUNWAY WITHOUT CHECKING TRAFFIC.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N13724, Cessna 172M: [Incident 19791104056681I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791104056681I)

## Other reports on N817PS (1)

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

- [Accident 20200206000299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200206000299A), Feb 6, 2020: Cessna 172F (N817PS), Lake George, AK, Substantial damage. On 02/06/2020 at 1130 local the aircraft departed merrill field to overfly knix glacier with the pilot, and the pilot's wife's uncle and cousin. The aircraft…

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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