- Date
- January 17, 1979
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8483MCessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790117000979A
- Case key
- 137718
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0143 79/1/17 SEATTLE,WA CESSNA 182P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 107 TIME - 1305 N8483M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SEATTLE,WA RETURN EVERETT,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CRASHED INTO BAY FROM INVERTED ATTITUDE AND SANK. INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8483M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.