- Date
- December 26, 1979
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7253PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791226036779A
- Case key
- 132189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3851 79/12/26 LAS VEGAS,NV PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 331 TIME - 1800 N7253P PX- 0 1 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONCORD,CA LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR REMARKS- PROP STRUCK RWY DRG GO-ARND.ACFT UN TO CLB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7253P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.