- Date
- September 18, 1966
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 5 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N280EAero Comdr 560
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120986
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1104 66/9/18 LAS VEGAS,NEV AERO COMDR 560 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0928 N280E PX- 0 5 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 52, 16754 TOTAL HOURS, 10 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT WAS OVERLOADED 532 POUNDS. INTENTIONAL WHEELS UP LANDING.FUEL FREE WATER CONTENT 0.7 PCT V.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N280E
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran
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