# Incident 19960805029559I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Las Vegas, NV, August 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1996, 08:45 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Henderson Sky Harbor Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AJZA
- 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: N4055Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4055Q-2007-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,235 total, 142 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960805029559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAXI TO RUNWAY 18 FOR TAKEOFF, PILOT BEGAN TO APPLY BRAKES AND STATED NOTHING HAPPENED. THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT. PILOT THEN APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES TO THE RIGHT ONLY, STATEING THAT THE AIRCRAFT STILL PULLED LEFT, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL OVER THE L/H EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY AND INTO A RAVINE. DURING INSPECTION AT THE SCENE THE BRAKES WERE CHECKED AND NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN WAS INSPECTED AND THE BRAKES SYSTEM CHECKED. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. NO NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION OCCURRED. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4055Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19760817034649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760817034649A), Aug 17, 1976: Cessna 402CESSNA (N4055Q), Hays, KS, Substantial damage. Plt failed maint dir control taxiing. Rt gear struck and fell into man hole adjacent to taxiway.

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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