# Incident 19970724026429I: Piper PA31P, Las Vegas, NV, July 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N573B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N573B-2006-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970724026429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 24, 1997, PIPER PA-31-P, N573B PILOTED BY DAVID LELAND SALINGER, CERT #546278304 (WITH AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND RATING) LANDED AT NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (VGT) ON RUNWAY 7. ACCORDING TO MR. SALINGER'S ACCOUNT, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 80-85 KNOTS. PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE HIT THE BRAKES THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. HE PROCEEDED TO PUMP THE BRAKES AND NOTED HE HAD VERY SLIGHT BRAKING ACTION TO THE RIGHT BRAKE ONLY, HE STEERED TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY, AND PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF. THE RIGHT PROPELLER HIT ONE OF THE RUNWAY TAXI LIGHTS (ONE BLADE MINOR DAMAGE) BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO A DITCH WHICH SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. ONLY DAMAGE APPARENT WAS TO THE ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER. PILOT COULD FIND NO APPARENT LEAKING OF FLUID FROM BRAKE LINES. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A HANGAR ON THE FIELD WHERE A MECHANIC FROM R AND M AIRCRAFT SPECIALTIES INC., CONFIRMED THE RESERVOIR LEVEL WAS GOOD. MECHANIC ALSO CONFIRMED BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT WHEN HE "WORKED" THE PARKING BRAKE HE WAS ABLE TO GET SOME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE ME CHANIC FROM R AND M AIRCRAFT SPECIALIST. NO NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION OCCURRED THIS FILE IS CLOSED NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N573B (1)

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

- [Accident 20041229033129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041229033129A), Dec 29, 2004: Piper PA31P (N573B), Gallup, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On December 29, 2004 at 1030 MST, a Piper PA-31P, N573B registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] crashed 1 1/2 miles south of runway 24 while…

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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