# Incident 20190822012169I: Honda Aircraft Co LLC HA-420, Las Vegas, NV, August 22, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2019, 11:26 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 5DLA
- 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: N49HJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49HJ-2022-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Honda HA-420 (registry code 4400000, https://openairdocs.org/model/honda-ha-420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE Honda HF-120 (registry code 30200, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-honda-hf-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HONDA AIRCRAFT CO LLC HA-420
- Reported engine: GE HONDA HF-120
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,825 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190822012169I

## Narrative

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

WINDSHIELD HEATING ELEMENT CAUGHT FIRE ON AIRCRAFT AT 38,000 FEET. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY AT MCCARRAN AIRPORT (KLAS).  THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE USE OF A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD STOPPED.

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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