Plane Crash List

Cessna 172L N1079M

7 April 2007 · North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 April 2007 at about 20:05 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N1079M, operated by West Air Aviation, was involved in an accident near North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:05
Classification
Accident
Location
North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Nearest airport
North Las Vegas (VGT)
Coordinates
36.2175, -115.2019
Aircraft
Cessna 172L
Registration
N1079M
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
North Las Vegas → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA07CA096

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the sign.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The engine lost power when the 31-hour student pilot turned the airplane from downwind to base, and the pilot force-landed the airplane on a street. During the emergency landing, the left wing impacted a street sign and damaged the spar. The engine was test-run following the accident and no operational anomalies were noted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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