# NTSB OAK71FVW38: Cessna 421, N6162Q, Las Vegas, NV, June 22, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 22, 1971
- Place: Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 29, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161811
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK71FVW38
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71FVW38

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2367  71/6/22    LAS VEGAS,NEV       CESSNA 421          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2500
        TIME - 1130                    N6162Q              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 525 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MC CARRAN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RENO,NEV                    LAS VEGAS,NEV
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- BELLCRANK PIVOT BOLT P/N NAS464P4-26 SHEARED,BELLCRANK P/N 5041001-2 BROKEN.AC NR20-7G COVERS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6162Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6162Q-2013-04-02), registration cancelled 2013-04-02, S/N 421A0131, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Registry model: [Cessna 421A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (registry code 2076012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mc Carran

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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