- Date
- May 31, 1980
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2493DPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130381
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3794 80/5/31 NR.LAS VEGAS,NV PIPER PA-38 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 130 TIME - 1645 N2493D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE REMARKS- HIT MTN 9210FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2493D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2493DRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 2018 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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