- Date
- December 18, 1980
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5473DCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801218076329A
- Case key
- 127662
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3424 80/12/18 LAS VEGAS,NV CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2295 TIME - 1530 N5473D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1212 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- HIT HWY SPEED LIMIT SIGN DRG SIM FORCED LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5473D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.