- Date
- January 26, 1981
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N48833Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810126002769A
- Case key
- 127303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0247 81/1/26 NR.LAS VEGAS,NV CESSNA 152 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 276 TIME - 1805 N48833 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NO. LAS VEGAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV LOCAL 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 REMARKS- HIT PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48833
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- No. Las Vegas
N48833Registration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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