19800816036099A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Las Vegas, NV · August 16, 1980

Date
August 16, 1980 · 17:00 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N56479
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FVW24
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,515 total1,175 in this make and model15 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.

Pilot overshot landing. Aircraft went off end of runway crashing into rocks.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OVERSHOT LANDING. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF END OF RUNWAY CRASHING INTO ROCKS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.