- Date
- July 20, 1979
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 4 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N53SACessna 402B
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790720029539A
- Case key
- 134733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2046 79/7/20 LAS VEGAS,NV CESSNA 402B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1133 N53SA PX- 0 2 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 43, 3537 TOTAL HOURS, 411 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN INT'L DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV GRAND CANYON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 71 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR OTHER REMARKS- PILOT TURNED 150 DEGREES BACK TOWARD ARPT.TCA FLT PLAN.DENSITY ALT APPROX 3500 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53SA
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccarran Int'L
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.