LAX80IA037

NTSB incident investigation · Cessna 414 · Las Vegas, NV · January 19, 1980

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
January 19, 1980
Place
Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N4640GCessna 414
Status
Completed · report November 12, 1980
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
131684

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0032  80/1/19  NR.LAS VEGAS,NV       CESSNA 414          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1007                    N4640G              PX-  0  0  2  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 35, 1853 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            27 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CORONA,CA                  LAS VEGAS,NV
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - OTHER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  4500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
        REMARKS- ACFT IN IMC AT TIME OF INCIDENT.

Aircraft

Registration
N4640G
Reported as
Cessna 414
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
No damage
Airport
Mccarran Intl

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.