# NTSB SEA66D0070: Cessna 180S, N8627X, Kenmore, WA, July 31, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 31, 1965
- Place: Kenmore, WA · KENMORE, WA
- Location: 47.7499° N, 122.2472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenmore, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7499&lon=-122.2472&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176694
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66D0070
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66D0070

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2535  65/7/31    KENMORE WASH        CESSNA 180S         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 60, 211
        TIME - 1315                    N8627X              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KENMORE AIR HARBR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- FLOAT-EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT. PILOT SWERVED TO AVOID A BOAT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8627X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180S
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Kenmore Air Harbr

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.

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