# Incident 20241016015659I: Cessna 172N, North Las Vegas, NV, October 16, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2024, 15:15 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- 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: N4940E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4940E) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241016015659I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/16//2024 1515 PDT A C172N VEERED OFF RUNWAY, CAME TO REST DISABLED OFF RUNWAY END. PRIOR TO INCIDENT OF RUNWAY OVERSHOOT, CFI AND STUDENT PILOT STATED WHILE PERFORMING A GO AROUND, AIRCRAFT ELEVATOR BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANIPULATE AND DECIDED TO LAND AIRCRAFT WITH INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING. AFTER INCIDENT, AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY CFI AND STUDENT PILOT. BOTH STATED ELEVATOR END CAP WAS BROKED AND A PIECE OF ALUMINIUM FROM AIRCRAFT WAS JAMMING ELEVATOR. PICTURES OBTAINED BY AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONEL CONFIRMED JAMMED ELEVATOR AND BROKEN END CAP. ASI INSPECTED AIRCAFT AND FOUND NO VISABLE SIGNS OF GROUND CONTACT OR INDICATION OF AIRCAFT HITTING AN OBJECT. RUNWAY INSPECTION REPORT REVEALED NO RUNWAY LIGHTS DAMAGED OR FOD WAS DETECTED. ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS: PLASTIC END CAP ON RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BROKEN, AIRFRAME ALUMINIUM STRUCTURE INTERFEARING WITH ELEVATOR MOVEMENT.

## Other reports on N4940E (1)

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

- [Incident 19810204006339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810204006339I), Feb 4, 1981: Cessna 172N (N4940E), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Zd during rollout the aircraft swerved, departed the runway and came to rest in a ditch with nose whell broken off

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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