- Date
- December 2, 1973
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5171YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731202038789A
- Case key
- 187632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3682 73/12/2 LAS VEGAS,NEV PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1056 TIME - 2025 N5171Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 756 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLAREMONT,CALIF LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LDG INDICATOR INOP,FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED AS PLT STARTED TWR FLY-BY TO CK GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5171Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran
N5171YRegistration cancelled Apr 14, 2008 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.