# Accident 20230414005549A: Cessna 172N, North Las Vegas, NV, April 14, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2023, 17:10 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2097° N, 115.1910° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2097&lon=-115.1910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734NJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734NJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230414005549A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 14, 2023, AT 1710 PDT, A CESSNA 172N, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED ON RUNWAY 30R AT THE NORTH

LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (KVGT), NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV.  JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A TAXIWAY SIGN WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG AND LEFT WING STRUT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (KVGT). THIS PORTION OF THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VMC CONDITIONS AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 WPR23LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA155), Apr 15, 2023: Cessna 172N (N734NJ), North Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll resulting in collision with taxiway sign.

## Other reports on N734NJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20030302006609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030302006609I), Mar 2, 2003: Cessna 172N (N734NJ), Yerington, NV. (-23) This private pilot asel, instrument has no previous accidents, incidents, or violations on his record. He was enroute from reno to his home baseof north…

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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