# Incident 20000213002619I: Dhav DHC6300, Las Vegas, NV, February 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2000, 13:09 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OEZA
- 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: N227SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N227SA-2019-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,232 total, 797 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000213002619I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIRCRAFT DHC-6-300, N227SA, RETURNED TO VGT SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE BECAUSE OF UNSPECIFIED CONTROL PROBLEMS. 02/16/2000: DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEM FOUND THAT DURING SCHEDULED EMMA INSPECTION ON 02/10/2000 DISCOVERED RUDDER GEAR TAB BOX MECHANISM HAD EXCEIVE BACK LASH. RECORDS SHOW REPLACED GEAR AND REINSTALLED GEAR BOX. THIS WAS A RII INSPECTION ALTHOUGH NO RII INSPECTION SHEET WAS USED. PROPER MAINTENANCE DOCUMENTS WERE USED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.