- Date
- August 7, 1977
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31814Beech D18
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770807026709A
- Case key
- 146272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2047 77/8/7 LAS VEGAS,NV BEECH D18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 675 TIME - 0910 N31814 PX- 0 0 7 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH LAS VEGAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 95 150 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN SPECIAL VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31814
- Reported as
- Beech D18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Las Vegas
N31814Registration cancelled Mar 10, 2017 · Beech SNB-5Airframe modelBeech SNB-5Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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