# NTSB Incident SEA07IA019
> **Cessna 172** · 2006-11-16 · Seattle, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA07IA019
- **Event ID:** 20061122X01707
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 2006-11-16
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.587223, -122.333335
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N9522S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The instructor pilot's improper in-flight decision not to take evasive action as a heavy aircraft passed by while on an upwind parallel approach path to an adjacent runway, leading to a wake vortices encounter. Factors include a nearly direct crosswind blowing from the heavy aircraft toward the incident aircraft.

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