- Date
- August 30, 1978
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 10 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N44LVPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780830045489A
- Case key
- 139509
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4401 78/8/30 LAS VEGAS,NV PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 6325 TIME - 0747 N44LV PX- 9 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 121 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH LAS VEGAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING REMARKS- DOWN ELEVATOR CONTROL STOP BACKED OUT,LIMITING DWN ELEV TRAVEL TO 1-1/2DEG OF NORM 20DEG RANGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44LV
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- North Las Vegas
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.