# Accident 19810225005539A: Piper PA28161, Seattle, WA, February 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1981, 13:12 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- 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: N2258Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2258Q-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 138 total, 77 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810225005539A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT BUZZED LAKE AREA. PULLED UP STEEPLY, MADE A WING OVER & DIVED INTO LAKE. WAS INTENDED PRACTICE FLIGHT.

## 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 SEA81FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA019), Feb 25, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N2258Q), Seattle, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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