# Accident 19870520014789A: Piper PA31310, Las Vegas, NV, May 20, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1987, 03:55 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LVAA
- 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: N22LV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22LV-2014-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA87FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870520014789A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED. SUSPECT NONRATED, INTOXICATED PILOT WAS UNABLE TO HANDLE A FAILED ENGINE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA87FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA098), May 20, 1987: Piper PA-31-350 (N22LV), North Las Vegas, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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