# Incident 19970513014539I: Cessna 170B, Las Vegas, NV, May 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N2581D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2581D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 8 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970513014539I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS PDT. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CABLE, CALIFORNIA, 5/13/97, ENROUTE TO LAS VEGAS, NV (LAS). UPON ARRIVAL AT LAS, PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 19L WITH A MODEST CROSS WIND. AFTER THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT PILOT SELECTED INAPPROPRIATE FLAP SETTING FOR CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. NO NMAC REPORT OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORT FILED. 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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