UNK64X0540

NTSB accident investigation · Fairchild F-27A · Las Vegas, NV · February 12, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
February 12, 1964
Place
Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
Injuries
34 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N756LFairchild F-27A
Status
Completed · report December 21, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
115060

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0024  64/2/12    LAS VEGAS NEV       FAIRCHILD F-27A     CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1705                    N756L               PX-  0  0 31                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN FIELD
        OPERATOR - BONANZA AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           COPILOT - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.

Aircraft

Registration
N756L
Reported as
Fairchild F-27A
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Mccarran Field