- Date
- September 5, 1990, 20:00 local (Sep 6, 1990, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N51299Cessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900905038199A
- Case key
- 26916
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of visual references during a night approach and his failure to detect and correct a descent. A factor in the accident was the dark night lighting conditions.
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.
Analysis
The certificated ATP pilot stated while landing on runway 18, he became aware of traffic landing on runway 36. He started a gradual turn to the left. After the aircraft passed him he started a turn back to the right when his aircraft struck the ground. The pilot stated that it was a dark night.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51299
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 01993
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F9, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lake Mead Air, Inc.
- Destination
- L15 · Henderson, NV
- Airport
- L15 · Henderson, runway 18, 5,000 × 50 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 36,300 total · 1,520 in this make and model · 34,400 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 25 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.