# Accident 19810223020409A: Cessna 172, Seattle, WA, February 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1981, 07:50 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: N2946E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2946E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYE18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYE18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810223020409A

## Narrative

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

TURNED PROP BY HAND. ENGINE STARTED, AIRPLANE HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT. P LEAD ON MAG BROKEN. AIRPLANE NOT SECURED.

## 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 SEA81FYE18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYE18), Feb 23, 1981: Cessna 172 (N2946E), Seattle, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2946E (3)

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

- [Accident 19940422010549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940422010549A), Apr 22, 1994: Cessna 172N (N2946E), Sedona, AZ, Substantial damage. CFI demostrating short field landing in a quartering tailwind. No ground effect. Landed hard. Structural damage.
- [Accident 19910731030829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910731030829A), Jul 31, 1991: Cessna 172N (N2946E), Sedona, AZ, Substantial damage. Student bounced on landing. Attempted a go around. Drifted off runway and collided with a tree and terrain.
- [Incident 19790809030299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790809030299I), Aug 9, 1979: Cessna 172N (N2946E), Moses Lake, WA, Minor damage. Smoke and fire behind instrument panel. Alternator control unit #C611005-0101 failed causing over voltage.

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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