# Incident 19790223007209I: Piper PA23160, Las Vegas, NV, February 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1979, 15:55 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N4376P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4376P-1991-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790223007209I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CONTACTED RUNWAY WITH GEAR RETRACTED. GO AROUND AND UNEVENTFUL LANDING

## Other reports on N4376P (1)

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

- [Accident 19890804027359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890804027359A), Aug 4, 1989: Piper STCPA23 (N4376P), Lancaster, CA, Substantial damage. On test flight unable to unfeather left engine that has hydraulic pump. Lacked knowledge of alternate procedures.

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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