# NTSB SEA81DYE38: Cessna 172A, N7438X, Port Townsend, WA, August 25, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 25, 1981
- Place: Port Townsend, WA · PORT TOWNSEND, WA
- Location: 48.1218° N, 122.7879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Townsend, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1218&lon=-122.7879&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 8, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123993
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA81DYE38
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYE38

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2716  81/8/25    PORT TOWNSEND,WA    CESSNA 172A         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 52, 16 TOTAL
        TIME - 1500                    N7438X              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PORT TOWNSEND,WA            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: GO-AROUND
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7438X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7438X-2014-11-17), registration cancelled 2014-11-17, S/N 17247938, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Jefferson County

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19810825069679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825069679A), Aug 25, 1981: Cessna 172A, Port Townsend, WA, Substantial damage. Student on first solo. Bounced on landing, lost control on second bounce. Veered into parked auto.

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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