# Incident 19960812037399I: Lkheed 10113851, Las Vegas, NV, August 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1996, 13:33 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RIAA
- 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: N310GB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310GB-2009-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed L-1011-385-1 (registry code 5265010, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-l-1011-385-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211-22 series (registry code 54554, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-22-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 10113851
- People aboard: 376
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,864 total, 1,753 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960812037399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 25L AT LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 1:30 PM LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED OVER SOME TEMPORARY RUNWAY END LIGHTS WHICH WERE SET APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET IN FRONT OF SEVERAL ORANGE BARRICADES MARKING THE TEMPORARY END OF THE RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY HAS BEEN SHORTENED 1300 FEET WHILE AN EXTENSION IS BEING ADDED. THE WIRING FOR THE TEMPORARY LIGHTS WAS COVERED BY SANDBAGS TO KEEP IT IN PLACE. BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS NORMAL AND AFTER ROLLING OUT THEY NOTICED THE ORANGE BARRICADES. THE PIC STATED THAT HE FOCUSED ON THE BARRICADES AND DID NOT SEE THE LIGHTS AND SANDBAGS UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO ROLLING OVER THEM. THE SIC STATED THAT THE LIGHTS AND SANDBAGS WERE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND THAT THE ORANGE BARRICADES WERE THE MOST OBVIOUS. AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE (ONE TIRE CUT), I EXAMINED THE SCENE. ONE LIGHT HAD BEEN RUN OVER WHEN THE PIC TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY. DURING DAYLIGHT, IT APPEARED THAT THE RUNWAY END LIGHTS, WITH SANDBAGS PLACED AROUND THEM AND ON THEIR WIRING, WERE NEARLY CAMOUFLAGED. THE RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING MARKERS WERE COVERED AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SINCE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INACCURATE. DURING MY VISIT TO THE RUNWAY IT WAS APPARENT THAT OTHER PILOTS WERE HAVING TROUBLE SPOTTING THE LIGHTS AS A B767 CAME WITHIN 1000 FEET OF THE END AND HAD TO USE WHAT APPEARED TO BE MAXIMUM BRAKING AND MAXIMUM REVERSE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LAST TURN OFF. FOLLOWED UP APPEARED TO BE MAXIMUM BRAKING AND MAXIMUM REVERSE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LAST TURN OFF. FOLLOWED UP WITH THE AIRPORTS DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE AIRPORT OPERATOR. THE AIRPORT OPERATOR DECIDED TO ACQUIRE AND INSTALL ADDITIONAL ORANGE CONES IN PROXIMITY TO THE LIGHTS SO AS TO MAKE THEM MORE NOTICEABLE.  IN ADDITION, THE AIRPORT OPERATOR CHANGED THE NOTICE TO AIRMEN (NOTAM) TO STRENGTHEN THE RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING AND ADVISE PILOTS OF THE LAST AVAILABLE TURN OFF. THESE ACTIONS SHOULD PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THIS PROBLEM.  THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

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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