# Incident 19791024054489I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Las Vegas, NV, October 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1979, 14:08 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N59SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59SA-1982-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 600 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/19791024054489I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN PILOT PIN PN5041107-2 MOVED AND PIN PN NAS 561P4-28 FAILED. PIN HAD NO HOLE FOR GREASE.

## Other reports on N59SA (1)

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

- [Accident 19820914046549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820914046549A), Sep 14, 1982: Cessna 402CESSNA (N59SA), Grand Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on local sightseeing flight. Crash landed in a rough field. Failed to preflight. Fuel in auxiliary.

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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