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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Las Vegas, NV · August 24, 1998

Date
August 24, 1998 · 01:40 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69826
Reported as
Doug DC982
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
240 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5)Debris from 10 destroyed runway edge light on the south side of runway 7R was hit by flight 1936 while on takeoff roll. The crew did not notice anything unusual and proceeded on to iah without incident. Minor aircraft damage to the nose gear splash guard, on slat panel, and 2 fuselage skin punctures was discovered on postflight. It could not be determined how or when the runway lights had been damaged and not noticed or reported. Airport operations inspection of runway and taxiways conducted at 2030 earlier that night did not reflect any light damage or debis on the runway. Due to the late hour of the occurrence (0140 PDT), the crew could not have seen the debris on the runway. If they had, it would have been avoided and reported to las ATCT.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)DEBRIS FROM 10 DESTROYED RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 7R WAS HIT BY FLIGHT 1936 WHILE ON TAKEOFF ROLL. THE CREW DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL AND PROCEEDED ON TO IAH WITHOUT INCIDENT. MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR SPLASH GUARD, ON SLAT PANEL, AND 2 FUSELAGE SKIN PUNCTURES WAS DISCOVERED ON POSTFLIGHT. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED HOW OR WHEN THE RUNWAY LIGHTS HAD BEEN DAMAGED AND NOT NOTICED OR REPORTED. AIRPORT OPERATIONS INSPECTION OF RUNWAY AND TAXIWAYS CONDUCTED AT 2030 EARLIER THAT NIGHT DID NOT REFLECT ANY LIGHT DAMAGE OR DEBIS ON THE RUNWAY. DUE TO THE LATE HOUR OF THE OCCURRENCE (0140 PDT), THE CREW COULD NOT HAVE SEEN THE DEBRIS ON THE RUNWAY. IF THEY HAD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED AND REPORTED TO LAS ATCT.