- Date
- October 9, 1980
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N70438Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801009057259A
- Case key
- 129015
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3020 80/10/9 SEATTLE,WA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1312 TIME - 1234 N70438 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEA-TAC INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE UNION,WA SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAXI: FROM LANDING NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - RULES,REGULATIONS,STANDARDS PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- PLT LND,TWR TOLD HIM TO CLEAR RWY ASAP. DC-10 LND ABOUT 30 SEC LATER,BLEW CESSNA OVER ON WG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70438
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sea-Tac Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N70438 · 1
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