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Cessna 172M N20675

8 September 2001 · Seattle, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 September 2001 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N20675 was involved in an accident near Seattle, Washington, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 22:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
Nearest airport
Boeing Field/King County Intl (BFI)
Coordinates
47.4404, -122.2806
Aircraft
Cessna 172M
Registration
N20675
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Sunriver → Seattle
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA01LA171

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

Pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout during taxi. A fence was a factor.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot submitted a written report to the NTSB, and reported that shortly after landing, he was cleared to taxi the airplane to the northeast parking area via taxiway Alpha. He reported that while traveling northbound on the taxiway he encountered an airplane that was traveling southbound on the same taxiway. In an effort to avoid the oncoming (southbound) airplane, he maneuvered the airplane to the easterly edge of the taxiway and inadvertently collided with the temporary construction fence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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