# Accident 20000728007639A: Cessna 180, Las Vegas, NV, July 28, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2000, 09:10 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1396° N, 115.1808° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1396&lon=-115.1808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3386D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000728007639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 715 AM ON JULY 28, 2000, CESSNA N3386D DEPARTED FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT (F70) FOR ITS HOME BASE, NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT). THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING AT VGT, APPROXIMATELY 910 AM.  THE PILOT MADE A STATEMENT TO THIS EFFECT TO A NORTH LAS VEGAS POLICE OFFICER: I WAS HANDED-OFF LATE BY APPROACH AT 4000 FEET MSL, 2.8 MILES FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  I PUT FLAPS IN AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT THEY HAD NO EFFECT, AND I HIT HARD DUE TO DENSITY ALTITUDE.  THE AICRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 7.  IT LEFT THE RUNWAY ON AN APPROXIMATE 150 DEGREE HEADING AFTER MAKING A SHARP RIGHT TURN 200 FEET EAST OF THE POINT OF INTITIAL CONTACT; THE LEFT MAIN TIRE LEFT AN ARCING BLACK MARK ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE IN THE TURN.  ALL THREE WHEELS WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY, WEAVING WILDLY BACK AND FORTH.  THE TRACKS MADE IN THE DIRT BY THE LEFT MAIN TIRE SNAKED, INDICATING THE WHEEL WAS WOBBLING.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL OFF-RUNWAY BEFORE TURNIGN TO A HEADING OF 90 AS IT APPROACHED AN INTEREVENING TAXIWAY, CHARLIE 1.  IT APPREARS THAT AT THIS POINT THE PILOT APPLIED POWER I N AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK IN THE AIR, AND IT LEFT THE GROUND AS IT CROSSED CHARLIE 1, AIRCRAFT THEN APPARENTLY STALLED, 150 FEET EAST OF THE POINT AT WHICH IT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID IN THE DIRT, ROTATING RIGHT AND COMING TO REST ON A HEADING OF 165 DEGREES, 106 FEET FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE PROPELLER MADE A CONTINUOUS TROUGH IN THE DIRT SOUTH OF ALL OTHER MARKS. DAMAGE: THE RIGHT WING WAS DEFLECTED 30 DEGREES UP AT THE WING ROOT. THE RIGHT LIFT STRUT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT ALONG WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR MOUNTING STRUCTURE. THE RIGHT WING TIP AND POSITION LIGHT WERE BROKEN. THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS DEFLECTED UP AT MIDSPAN, ON A CHORDWISE LINE, AT AN ANGLE OF 20 DEGREES. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES WERE CURLED AFT APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES FROM THE TIPS. THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT HAD ROTATED ONTO ITS BACK, RETAINED ONLY BY THE REAR SEAT RAIL C LAMPS. SETTINGS: THE FLAPS WERE SET AT 15 DEGREES, ADN THE COWL FLAPS WERE CLOSED. THE MIXTURE CONTROL WAS SET AT IDLE-CUTOFF, THE PROPELLER CONTROL AT FULL INCREASE, AND THE THROTTLE WAS CLOSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX00LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA281), Jul 28, 2000: Cessna 180 (N3386D), North Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. Wind shear on landing approach was a factor in the accident.

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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