# Accident 20080828851869A: Piper PA31350, Las Vegas, NV, August 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2008, 14:34 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2114° N, 115.2247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2114&lon=-115.2247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212HB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212HB-2015-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080828851869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 28, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1422 LOCAL TIME, N212HB DEPARTED NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (VGT) NORTHWEST BOUND.  N212HB SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED VGT TOWER OF AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TOWARD VGT. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF N212HB, UNABLE TO MAKE VGT, INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPT, SHORT OF RUNWAY 7 AT VGT, IN A POPULATED NEIGHBORHOOD.  ACCORDING TO WITNESS REPORTS, N212HB HAD SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE.  N212HB HIT SOME POWER LINES AND CRASHED BETWEEN TWO HOUSES ON JONES BOULEVARD.  THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALITY INJURED.  EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ONE OF THE HOUSES WITH 5 PEOPLE INSIDE DURING THE CRASH ALL ESCAPED AND ONE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION.

## 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 LAX08FA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA286), Aug 28, 2008: Piper PA-31-350 (N212HB), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of power in the right engine due to an in-flight fuel-fed fire in the right engine compartment that, while the exact origin could not be determined, was likely related to the right…

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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