# NTSB Accident SEA00LA067
> **Cessna 172P** · 2000-04-11 · SEATTLE, WA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA00LA067
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20919
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-04-11
- **Location:** SEATTLE, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.540843, -122.310852
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172P
- **Registration:** N38GF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to attain proper alignment with the landing runway, and her failure to maintain proper glide path for the landing runway, resulting in an encounter with vortex turbulence from a preceding heavy aircraft landing on a parallel runway and subsequent loss of aircraft control.  Factors included the pilot's lack of total flying experience, and crosswind conditions conducive to a vortex turbulence encounter.

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