North Las Vegas Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

North Las Vegas, Nevada 89030
Thursday, May 5, 2005 9:14 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The passenger flying the airplane made a hard landing after the pilot had experienced an incapacitating cardiac event. Shortly after takeoff the pilot turned the plane around to return to the departure airport. He started coughing and then went unconscious. The passenger in the right seat, who had no piloting experience, took control of the airplane and made several landing attempts. During the fourth landing attempt he stalled the airplane at a low altitude. The airplane impacted terrain, landing flat on its belly a few hundred feet short of the runway. The autopsy report attributed the pilot's cause of death to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The incapacitation of the pilot.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/5/2005
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 914
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City North Las Vegas
Event State NEVADA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 89030
Event Date Year 2005
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 361245N
Event Location Longitude 1151146W
Event Location Airport North Las Vegas
Event Location Nearest Airport ID KBGT
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 919 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 120
Weather Observation Facility ID KVGT
Elevation of weather observation facility 2205
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 11000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 23
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 2
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 230
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 14
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.81
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal 1
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 3
Investigating Agency --
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 19557
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date May 5 2005 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 940
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Apr 25 2006 11:00AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\JOHB
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office WP-FSDO-Las Vegas, NV

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N337DR
NTSB Number LAX05LA151
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Gulfstream
Aircraft Model 695A
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 15007
Certified Max Gross Weight 11200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 9
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Feb 1 2005 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 42.7
Airframe Hours 5026.6
ELT Installed --
ELT Activated --
ELT Aided Location of Event Site --
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Douglas R. Reichardt
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Henderson
Aircraft Owner State NV
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 89014
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name 7 Delta Romeo
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 2213 N Green Valley Pkwy
Operator City Henderson
Operator State NV
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 89014
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code KVGT
Departure City North Las Vegas
Departure State NV
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 830
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City San Diego
Destination State CA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Feb 7 2006 4:25PM
User who most recently changed record COOS
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 12
Runway Length 5000
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --