# Incident 19990522014839I: Cessna 441, Las Vegas, NV, May 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1999, 22:58 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EVCA
- 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: N434AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434AE-2000-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33155
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 60 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990522014839I

## Narrative

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

N434AE, PILOT STEPHAN SILITZKY, WAS INTENDING TO RETURN TO PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT AFTER HAVING DELIVERED A PATIENT TO LAS VEGAS. IT WAS DARK WHEN HE, THE NURSE, AND THERAPIST ON BOARD TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY 19R.  AS HE WAS CLEARED ON TO THE RUNWAY, HE ALIGNED THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY EDGE (WHITE) LIGHTS.  HE SAW A WHITE STRIPE AS WELL, AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE CENTERLINE WITH IMBEDDED CENTERLINE LIGHTING.  ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE EMPLOYEES ON BOARD NOTICED A LOUD NOISE FROM THE LEFT ENGINE.  AT THAT POINT THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKE OFF AND SHUTDOWN THE LEFT ENGINE.  THEY WERE THEN TOWED TO THE SIGNATURE RAMP.  INSPECTION SHOWED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT LANDING GEAR DOOR, AND MORE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT PROPELLER AND ENGINE.

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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