20000203003141I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Las Vegas, NV · February 3, 2000

Date
February 3, 2000 · 18:06 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6263G
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Pilot’s flight hours
636 total457 in this make and model104 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.

A Piper cheyenne turboprop aircraft, N144PL, landed on rwy 19R at mccarran int'l airport, exited at taxiway tango and proceeded northbound first on taxiway foxtrot, then on taxiway hotel. The subject aircraft,a traffic watch Cessna, landed behind the cheyenne on the same runway , and exited much shorter at taxiway November. Each aircraft was bound for the same point, executive air terminal. As the Cessna joined the parallel taxiway hotel, it was struck immediately form behind by the cheyenne, the turboprop's right tip tank contacting the Cessna on the inboard end of the left aileron. The aileron was destroyed, the upper and lower wingskins buckled locally, and the aft spar deformed and depresses. Damage to the cheyenne was limted to the right recognition light, installed centrally in the nose of the tiptank. It had popped through the metal nosecone that normally retains it. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

A PIPER CHEYENNE TURBOPROP AIRCRAFT, N144PL, LANDED ON RWY 19R AT MCCARRAN INT'L AIRPORT, EXITED AT TAXIWAY TANGO AND PROCEEDED NORTHBOUND FIRST ON TAXIWAY FOXTROT, THEN ON TAXIWAY HOTEL. THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT,A TRAFFIC WATCH CESSNA, LANDED BEHIND THE CHEYENNE ON THE SAME RUNWAY , AND EXITED MUCH SHORTER AT TAXIWAY NOVEMBER. EACH AIRCRAFT WAS BOUND FOR THE SAME POINT, EXECUTIVE AIR TERMINAL. AS THE CESSNA JOINED THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY HOTEL, IT WAS STRUCK IMMEDIATELY FORM BEHIND BY THE CHEYENNE, THE TURBOPROP'S RIGHT TIP TANK CONTACTING THE CESSNA ON THE INBOARD END OF THE LEFT AILERON. THE AILERON WAS DESTROYED, THE UPPER AND LOWER WINGSKINS BUCKLED LOCALLY, AND THE AFT SPAR DEFORMED AND DEPRESSES. DAMAGE TO THE CHEYENNE WAS LIMTED TO THE RIGHT RECOGNITION LIGHT, INSTALLED CENTRALLY IN THE NOSE OF THE TIPTANK. IT HAD POPPED THROUGH THE METAL NOSECONE THAT NORMALLY RETAINS IT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.