# NTSB LAX82DA104: Cessna 172, N8542B, Las Vegas, NV, March 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: March 11, 1982, 13:34 local (21:34 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Coordinates: 36.139884, -115.180603 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1399&lon=-115.1806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71376
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71376/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA104

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with weather, taxi - to takeoff
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- Roll over, taxi - to takeoff

## Analysis

WHILE PREPARING TO TAKEOFF, THE PILOT WAS CAUTIONED TO BEWARE OF WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A DEPARTING JET AND WAS CLEARED INTO POSITION TO HOLD. PRECEDING THE ACCIDENT, THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE FROM 230 DEG GUSTING TO 29 KTS. WHILE TURNING TO ALIGN WITH THE RUNWAY, THE PLANE WAS EXPOSED TO A WIND FROM THE RIGHT REAR, SIDE, AND THEN THE FRONT QUARTER. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, IT OVERTURNED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8542B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36242
- Airframe hours: 3183
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Clarence D. Bean
- Registered owner: Clarence D. Bean
- Departed: LAS, LAS VEGAS, NV
- Destination: LANCASTER, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: LAS, Mccarran Intl., runway 19, 9,777 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,361 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 2,094 as pilot in command, 57 in the last 90 days, 49 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 156 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAS

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820311004339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820311004339A), Mar 11, 1982: Cessna 172, Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Tower cleared a heavy jet for takeoff while the light aircraft was holding near runway. Jet blast blew it over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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