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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Las Vegas, NV · July 16, 1979

Date
July 16, 1979 · 14:30 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mccarran International
Phase of flight
Engine Run-Up
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42CS
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Brake and wheel caught on fire during runup. Pilot was riding brakes during taxi and runup.

As the FAA filed it

BRAKE AND WHEEL CAUGHT ON FIRE DURING RUNUP. PILOT WAS RIDING BRAKES DURING TAXI AND RUNUP.