- Date
- April 21, 2022, 09:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N182HHCessna 182
- Defining event
- Taxi-to runway: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220421005369A
- Case key
- 104983
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient clearance from the jet blast of a departing jet airplane.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the airplane reported that he had been holding short of the runway when a large jet departed. He was then instructed by the control tower to “line up and wait.” The pilot began taxiing the airplane onto the departure runway and experienced a “violent burst of wind or jet wash”. The airplane’s right wing lifted, and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The airplane’s wing struts and vertical stabilizer were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182HH
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-60045
- Built
- 1969
- Airframe hours
- 1,050
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffery Price
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- KCCB · Upland, CA
- Airport
- KLAS · Harry Reid International, runway 19L/01R, 9,771 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 22, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 729.6 total · 22.8 in this make and model · 641 as pilot in command · 93.3 in the last 90 days · 44.9 in the last 30 days · 6.7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 32 knots, gusting 42
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.85 inHg
- Observed at
- KLAS
- METAR
- SA 21/04/2022 16:56-> METAR KLAS 211656Z 16013G27KT 10SM CLR 22/M04 A2985 RMK AO2 PK WND 20032/1642 SLP087 T02171039=
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 22, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.