36.1750° N, 115.1372° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 18, 1989 · 18:00 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1804X
Reported as
Beech 76
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1G
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
509 total70 in this make and model20 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.
Left wing struck the rudder on a parked aircraft while attempting to ark. Stated he was blinded by parking lights.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT WING STRUCK THE RUDDER ON A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ARK. STATED HE WAS BLINDED BY PARKING LIGHTS.