- Date
- February 19, 1972
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8368PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165543
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1149 72/2/19 LAS VEGAS,NEV PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 673 TIME - 1540 N8368P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 142 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV TONOPAH,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT DIVERTED ATTN TO HIS MAPS,SAW TWO SIGN POSTS MARKING ARPT PERIMETER RD TOO LATE TO STOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8368P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran
N8368PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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