# Incident 19870501061649I: Cessna 172, Seattle, WA, May 1, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1987, 15:00 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65791, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65791-2015-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870501061649I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RIME ICING ON CLIMBOUT DURING A IFR TRAINING FLIGHT. UNABLE TO STOP DESCENT UNTIL ICE MELTED.

## Other reports on N65791 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840611056059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840611056059I), Jun 11, 1984: Cessna 172H (N65791), Lopez Island, WA, Minor damage. Pilot landed fast, bounced, shearing nose gear and bending prop on 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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