# NTSB WPR22LA162: Cessna 182, N182HH, Las Vegas, NV, April 21, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: April 21, 2022, 09:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Coordinates: 36.168871, -115.14714 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1689&lon=-115.1471&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-to runway: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104983
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104983/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104983
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA162

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient clearance from the jet blast of a departing jet airplane.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Turbulence: wake turbulence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032025): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on equipment; cases with it: [All aircraft, 47 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032025/cases.md)
- [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021540): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 231 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021540/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi-to runway: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 44 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (M)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 182-60045
- Year built: 1969
- Airframe hours: 1050
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 28; injuries: none; 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=

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20220421005369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220421005369A), Apr 21, 2022: Cessna 182M, Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. On April 21, 2022, at approximately 0940 pt, the las FSDO received notification from the western pacific?s regional operations center, regarding an accident…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 22, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104983. 1.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14459307&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR22LA162_6120_flat_Redacted-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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