- Date
- April 8, 1976
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5979RCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0841 76/4/8 LAS VEGAS,NV CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 52, 307 TIME - 1730 N5979R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/JET/ROTOR BLAST TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- TAXIED BETWEEN DC-9 & B-727.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5979R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran Field
N5979RRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N5979R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.