# Incident 19800720061769I: Beech C45H, Las Vegas, NV, July 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1980, 16:31 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SSAA
- 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: N9903Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9903Z-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45H
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 5,000 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/19800720061769I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER ENCOUNTERING SEVERE VIBRATION. PORTION OF PROP BLADE MISSING.

## Other reports on N9903Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19910528017639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910528017639A), May 28, 1991: Beech STC45 (N9903Z), Lake Elsimore, CA, Substantial damage. Fuel starvation on final. Crashed short. Pilot unaware fuel modified right tank use only.
- [Incident 19820314030969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820314030969I), Mar 14, 1982: Beech 18* (N9903Z), Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. As aircraft left ramp to takeoff, right wing hit ramp vehicle, damaging fuel vent.

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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