Cessna 180 N2973A
5 March 1972 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 March 1972 at about 13:35 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N2973A, operated by Las Vegas Spor, was involved in an accident during in flight near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Nearest airport
- N.las Vegas Term
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 180
- Registration
- N2973A
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Las Vegas Spor
- Operating rule
- Flying Club
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0618
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
STUDENT JUMPER IN DOOR, RESERVE CHUTE PREMATURELYDEPLOYED DRAGGING HIM FROM ACFT.HIT HRZNTL STAB.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 1972 | Cessna 180B | Anoka, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 20 Sep 1972 | Cessna 180 | Augusta, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 1972 | Cessna 180B | Sterling, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Apr 1972 | Cessna 180 | Circle Pines, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1972 | Cessna 180 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Aug 1972 | Cessna 180 | Akron, New York, United States | Frontier Sky D | No injuries | - |
All 2,729 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |