# Incident 20161113020629I: Cessna 525, Las Vegas, NV, November 13, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2016, 21:20 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- 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: N678RT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N678RT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525 (registry code 2076601, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ-44 series (registry code 66000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj-44-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161113020629I

## Narrative

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

WHILE DEPARTING FROM KLAS AIRPORT IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AIRCRAFT WAS ON A DEPARTURE ROLL ON RUNWAY 19L AND THE PILOT NOTICED A SLIGHT THUMPING NOISE AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEAR ROTATION SPEED.

PILOT CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AND FOUND THAT THE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT, THERE WERE NO OTHER ISSUES NOTED AT THE TIME.

UPON LANDING THE PILOT FOUND THAT THE GEAR SAFETY "SQUAT" SWITCH AND ASSOCIATED WIRING CABLE HAD BEEN DAMAGED FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE IMPACT DAMAGE.

PILOT ALSO DISCOVERED SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN PRESENT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR AND RIGHT FLAP.

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PAINT TRANSFER FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT.

PILOT REPORTED THE EVENT TO KLAS TOWER PERSONNEL AFTER DISCOVERING THE DAMAGE TO ENSURE NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N678RT (1)

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

- [Incident 20161113018529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161113018529I), Nov 13, 2016: Cessna 525 (N678RT), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Klas airport operations found runway edge lights damaged on the east side of runway 19L at the approach end, though it was not clear when the damage had…

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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