# Incident 20091015024419I: Cessna 172M, Las Vegas, NV, October 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2009, 11:55 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9572H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9572H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091015024419I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPART VGT, PILOT WAS IN TAKEOFF ROLL AND ENCOUNTERED POSSIBLE WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A PRIOR LANDING LARGER AIRCRAFT.  PILOT TEMPORARILY LOST YAW CONTROL AND AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY KNOCKING OVER A SIGN ON AN ADJACENT TAXIWAY.  AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.  SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION WITH PILOTS INTSTRUCTOR INDICATED THAT PILOT MAY HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING NORMAL TURNING TENDANCY OF AIRCRAFT.  FLIGHT IN QUESTION WAS PILOTS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N9572H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20010401006399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010401006399A), Apr 1, 2001: Cessna 172M (N9572H), Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot landed on runway 12 with gusty cross wind conditions. After touchdown, a gust caused the airplane to weathervane to the right and head for a…

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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