- Date
- April 25, 1976
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7218MCessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760425010049A
- Case key
- 153873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1189 76/4/25 LAS VEGAS,NV CESSNA 175 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 413 TIME - 1554 N7218M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLAGSTAFF,AZ LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 32 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- GUSTING TO 42K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7218M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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