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Cessna 150 N457AF

18 March 1987 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 March 1987 at about 16:50 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N457AF was involved in an accident near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Nearest airport
North Las Vegan Air Term. (VGT)
Coordinates
36.1107, -115.2100
Aircraft
Cessna 150
Registration
N457AF
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Las Vegas → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA87LA065

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

DURING LANDING A GUST OF WIND OCCURRED FROM THE RIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT FOR THE WIND AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY ONTO ROUGH TERRAIN AND THEN NOSED OVER INVERTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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