- Date
- June 8, 1973
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 8 minor, 87 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4519WBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189842
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0015 73/6/8 LAS VEGAS,NEV BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1315 N4519W PX- 0 0 89 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- APCH FLOWN AT EXCESSIVE SPEED,HI SINK RATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4519W
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Mccarran
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