- Date
- February 1, 1982, 16:10 local (Feb 2, 1982, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5481SCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820201021419A
- Case key
- 71375
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindCause
Judgment - poorCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated that on landing after the second bounce the plane veered left and ran off the runway on to the desert and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5481S
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201582
- Airframe hours
- 205
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard M Faustina
- Registered owner
- Leonard M Faustina
- Departed
- Parowan, UT
- Destination
- Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- VGT · N. Las Vegas Air Terminal, runway 7, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 132 total · 48 in this make and model · 73 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Temperature
- 133 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.