Jean Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Jean, Nevada 89019
Tuesady, August 9, 1983 19:00 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT TOOK OFF FROM THE MCCARRAN INTL ARPT, LAS VEGAS, NV & FLEW TO ANOTHER ARPT IN THE LOCAL AREA AT JEAN, NV TO PRACTICE SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF & LANDING TECHNIQUES. DURING HIS 1ST SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF, HE OVER ROTATED THE ACFT & THE TAIL CONE CONTACTED THE RWY. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE TAIL DRAGGING THE GROUND & ALLOWED THE ACFT TO DRIFT TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. REPORTEDLY, HE TRIED TO CORRECT THE DRIFT BY APPLYING RIGHT AILERON & THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE RWY, CONTACTED AN EMBANKMENT & FLIPPED OVER. APRX 20 MI NORTH NORTHEAST AT LAS VEGAS, THE WIND WAS FROM 080 DEG AT 13 KTS.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/9/1983
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1900
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City JEAN
Event State NEVADA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 89019
Event Date Year 1983
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport JEAN
Event Location Nearest Airport ID OL7
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 2833
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1849 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 8
Weather Observation Facility ID LAS
Elevation of weather observation facility 2174
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 20
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Dusk
Lowest Ceiling Height 8000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 50
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 32
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 16
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 80
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 4553
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1544
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 21879
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N52023
NTSB Number LAX83LA380
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 172P
Aircraft Series Identifier 172P
Aircraft Serial Number 17274396
Certified Max Gross Weight 2150
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Mar 25 1983 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 69
Airframe Hours 915
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name GARY A. AILES
Aircraft Owner Street Address 2750 HIGHWAY 50 EAST
Aircraft Owner City CARSON CITY
Aircraft Owner State NV
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 89701
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name STEVES FLYING SERVICE
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address MCCARRAN INTL AIRPORT
Operator City LAS VEGAS,
Operator State NV
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 89119
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code LAS
Departure City LAS VEGAS
Departure State NV
Departure Country
Departure Time 1835
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 2
Runway Length 4545
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --