- Date
- April 2, 1981
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8348ZPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810402014919A
- Case key
- 126800
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0400 81/4/2 LAS VEGAS,NV PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1845 N8348Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 408 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 49 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH LAS VEGAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROUND MT,NV LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 58 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8348Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Las Vegas
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8348Z · 1
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