# Incident 19970710021709I: Cessna 172H, Las Vegas, NV, July 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1997, 14:15 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Henderson Sky Harbor Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- 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: N122PW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N122PW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 170 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970710021709I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/10/97 AT 14:15 LOCAL, PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD FOR TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 18. UPON DOING SO HE NOTICED THE WIND BLOWING THE DUST AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY TO THE WEST. THE TOWER TOLD HIM TO CONTINUE TO HOLD, THAT THERE WAS A DUST DEVIL TRANSITING THE AIRPORT. THE TOWER ADVISED FULL BRAKES. HE CONFIRMED HE WAS APPLYING FULL BRAKE PRESSURE. THE DUST DEVIL TRACKED TOWARDS THE RUNWAY AND THEN STRAIGHT DOWN IT TOWARDS HIS HOLDING AIRCRAFT. THE DUST DEVIL ROCKED, THEN LIFTED THE PLANE, SET IT DOWN AND THEN ABRUPTLY LIFTED THE TAIL CAUSING THE LEFT TIP AND PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N122PW (1)

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

- [Incident 20200712004739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200712004739I), Jul 12, 2020: Cessna 172H (N122PW), Kalamazoo, MI, Minor damage. On July 12, 2020 at 09:26 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Cessna 172 aircraft, N122PW, registered to [privacy data omitted] and operated by a student pilot for…

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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