ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357239
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| Date: | Friday 14 June 1996 |
| Time: | 16:10 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-250 |
| Owner/operator: | L. Scott Brooksby |
| Registration: | N6420P |
| MSN: | 24-1530 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-A1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Las Vegas, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas, NV (KVGT) |
| Las Vegas, NV (KLAS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After the pilot made a 10-minute daylight flight and landing to an unfamiliar airport, he received taxi instructions from the ground controller. The pilot was talking to the ground and inadvertently turned onto a vehicular access road and collided with 22 construction fence posts.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadvertent turn onto a vehicular access road instead of a taxiway at a large unfamiliar airport, and his diverted attention.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX96LA245
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 15:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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