# Incident 19790915049129I: Cessna 404CESSNA, Las Vegas, NV, September 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1979, 13:03 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SCI
- 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: N41SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41SA-2017-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 338 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/19790915049129I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY GETTING THE GEAR DOWN DUE TO AN EXPANSION OF A TIRE WHICH HUNG UP IN THE WELL.

## Other reports on N41SA (1)

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

- [Incident 19900220015129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900220015129I), Feb 20, 1990: Cessna 404CESSNA (N41SA), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. Propeller hit nose of parked aircraft taxiing to ramp. Poor visibility due to darkness and weather.

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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