# Accident 20210524010099A: Dassault Aviation MIRAGE F-1, Las Vegas, NV, May 24, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2021, 14:20 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Location: 36.2009° N, 115.0542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2009&lon=-115.0542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N567EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N567EM-2022-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault MIRAGE F-1 (registry code 2730180, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-mirage-f-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Snecma ATAR-09 series (registry code 57302, https://openairdocs.org/engine/snecma-atar-09-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DASSAULT AVIATION MIRAGE F-1
- Reported engine: SNECMA ATAR 09 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210524010099A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 24, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 PDT, THE LAS VEGAS FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A FATAL CRASH INVOLVING A 1982 DASSAULT AVIATION, MIRAGE F-1, SERIAL NUMBER 56, REGISTRATION NUMBER N567EM.

ACCORDING TO FAA AIRCRAFT REGISTRY RECORDS, THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS 1.57 MILES SOUTH OF THE NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A VACANT LOT AND THEN CAME TO REST IN THE BACK YARD OF AN ADJACENT HOUSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO A CORNER OF THE HOUSE AND DESTROYING SEVERAL VEHICLES AND COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT TRAILERS THAT WERE LOCATED IN THE BACK YARD OF THE RESIDENCE. OUTBUILDINGS TO A SECOND RESIDENCE WERE ALSO RECEIVED THERMAL DAMAGE FROM BURNING FUEL FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUPPORTING THE USAF WITH OPERATION^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND WAS RETURNING TO NELLIS AFB AFTER COMPLETING A SORTIE.  THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, BUT DID NOT SURVIVE.

## 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 WPR21FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA203), May 24, 2021: Dassault Mirage F-1 (N567EM), Las Vegas, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack on approach and failure to fly a traffic pattern track consistent with a no-flap configuration. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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