# Accident 19760407008849A: Cessna 172G, Las Vegas, NV, April 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1976
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5979R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5979R-2013-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 307 total, 307 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760407008849A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TAXIED BETWEEN DC-9 & B-727.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5979R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19781205044839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781205044839A), Dec 5, 1978: Cessna 172D (N5979R), Cuyamaca, CA, Destroyed. Sct to bkn clouds and mod to severe turb below 20000FT,esp ovr mtorecast in area.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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