# Incident 19970111006749I: Lkheed T33, Las Vegas, NV, January 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1997, 13:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N12417, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12417) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadair T-33 (registry code 1901204, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-t-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce NENE (registry code 54542, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-nene) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED T33
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 52 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970111006749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED TO TWO INTERVIEWING INSPECTORS, HE AND PASSENGERS WERE IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 250 KNOTS WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG. PILOT HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD HAPPENED, BUT HE QUICKLY PROCEEDED BACK TO VGT FROM THE PARUMPH, NEVADA AREA. BECAUSE HE NEVER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, ATC HAD HIM CIRCLE FOR 15 MINUTES WAITING ON TRAFFIC. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE WHOLE TIME. WHEN HE FINALLY LANDED, HE WAS SO "SHOOK UP" HE "GOT ON THE BRAKES." THE RIGHT TIRE THREW CHUNKS OF RUBBER AND THE BRAKING MADE A FLAT SPOT ON THE LEFT TIRE. HE HAD THOUGHT HE WOULD RUN OFF THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE INFLIGHT PROBLEM WAS A RESULT OF THE PLENIUM CHAMBER DOOR DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIR LOCKS WERE NOT SECURE PRIOR TO FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE THIS T-33 AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN REVOKED.

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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