# NTSB SEA68F0151: Cessna 172, N7027T, Tumwater, WA, August 19, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1967
- Place: Tumwater, WA · TUMWATER, WA
- Location: 46.9895° N, 122.9173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tumwater, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9895&lon=-122.9173&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 6, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68F0151
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68F0151

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4416  67/8/19    TUMWATER,WASH       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1015                    N7027T              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 49, 5300 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            200 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OLYMPIA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE
           SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES
        REMARKS- HAND PROPPED ACFT,NO ONE AT CONTROLS.BECAME AIRBORNE,CRASHED ON ARPT.ACFT HAD DEAD BATTERY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7027T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7027T-1967-11-30), registration cancelled 1967-11-30, S/N 46627 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Olympia

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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