# Accident 20070814018179A: Cessna 172B, Lake Washingto, WA, August 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2007, 14:25 local time
- Place: Lake Washingto, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6167° N, 122.2667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6167&lon=-122.2667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7657X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7657X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,988 total, 1,001 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070814018179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING LAKE WASHINGTON AND HIT A LARGE WAKE AT APPROX 40 KNOTS CAUSING THE FLOAT STRUTS AND BRACE WIRES TO BREAK AND THE RIGHT WING STRUT TO BEND. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO SHORE BY POLICE BOAT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 SEA07CA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA235), Aug 14, 2007: Cessna 172B (N7657X), Seattle, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The private pilot's failure to see the approaching large wake swell, both during his landing and the subsequent takeoff, and the failure of the instructor pilot to insure that the private pilot's…

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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