- Date
- June 13, 1985, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736TXCessna R-172-K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850613024749A
- Case key
- 40175
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
During landing rollout on runway 19R directional control was lost with the aircraft verring to the right of the runway. Correction was made to the left, but the aircraft veered off the runway to the left. The wind was from 160 at 9. The density altitude was about 5200 feet. The pilot was cautioned about wake turbulence due to departing heavy jet traffic. The aircraft porbably encountered wake turbulence during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736TX
- Reported as
- Cessna R-172-K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722785
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-KB, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter And Lynne Moller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GCN · Grand Canyon, AZ
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LAS · Mc Carran, runway 19R, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 15 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.