# Incident 20011220035759I: Amd FALCON, Las Vegas, NV, December 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2001, 18:51 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N514JJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,800 total, 1,244 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011220035759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C WAS DEPARTING LAS AND DURING CLIMB AT 280 KTS AFTER LEAVING FL250 THE A/C ENCOUNTERED A/F VIBRATIONS. THE A/C REQUESTED RETURN TO LAS AND DURING DESCENT AT 180 KTS THE A/C HAD A HARD ROLL TO THE LEFT WITH INCREASED VIBRATION. THE A/C WAS SAFELY LANDED AT LAS USING A HIGHER THAN NORMAL APPROACH SPEED. INSPECTION REVEALED THE LEFT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE SLAT TRAILING EDGE DAMAGED WITH A 20 INCH SECTION APPROX 3 FT FROM THE OUTBD WING TIP GENT FWD AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE WITH THE SLAT. ADDITIONALLY THE WING CLOSEOUT PANEL THAT THE SLAT RIDES ON WAS ALSO BENT BACKWARD AT A 60 DEGREE + ANGLE. DAMAGE APPEARD TO BE THE RESULT OF THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE SLAT CONTACTING THE WING CLOSEOUT PANEL AND RESTRICTING RETRACTION OF THE SLAT. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE CONTACT/BINDING IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

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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