Vegas Crash Update:

Update
The names of the residents of the house that was struck by the Velocity 173RG, have been released; they are Jack and Lucy Costa, a retired couple.


What: Rear propeller speed-173 RG experimental aircraft came down in a residential area near the airport. The Velocity 173RG is a kit plane.
Where: Vegas, Cambridge Heights Neighborhood near Lake Mead, about a mile from the southern end of the Las Vegas Airport.
When: Friday Morning, 6 a.m.
Who: Two individuals living in the house, and the pilot of the plane were all killed. One resident of the house survived to make it to the hospital but later died.
Why: The plane came down in the neighborhood. Eye witnesses heard the engine "in trouble. Cutting off" Because the plane had just fueled with 75 gallons which resulted in an intense fire. There have been 63 runway incursions at this location since 2001.

Vegas Crash results in Two Deaths

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What: Rear propeller speed-173 RG experimental aircraft came down in a residential area near the airport.
Where: Vegas, Cambridge Heights Neighborhood near Lake Mead, about a mile from the southern end of the Las Vegas Airport.
When: Friday Morning, 6 a.m.
Who: Two individuals living in the house, and the pilot of the plane were all killed. One resident of the house survived.
Why: The plane came down in the neighborhood. Eye witnesses heard the engine "in trouble. Cutting off" Because the plane had just fueled with 75 gallons which resulted in an intense fire. There have been 63 runway incursions at this location since 2001.

Emergency Landing

What: private plane
Where: intersection of Cactus Ave. and Maryland Pkwy near Henderson Executive Airport Las Vegas
When: 8 a m July 19
Who: pilot
Why: Engine trouble. Pilot tried to re-start the engine, but it didn't work, forcing her to declare an emergency and land.

Vegas Crash

What: single-engine Piper Cherokee en route from the North Las Vegas airport to Byron, Calif.
Where: Las Vegas Nevada
When: 2:45 p.m Saturday
Who: 4 people. Four Oakley residents, including a candidate for Contra Costa County supervisor (Erik Nunn and wife) and their neighbors Michele and Craig Wilson.
Why: Struck power lines.under investigation by the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board. Subsequent wildfire burns Spring Mountain Recreation Area

• http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/29/BAKA11HA3Q.DTL
  
• http://halfwaytoconcord.com/erik-nunn-dies-in-nevada-plane-crash
  
• http://claycord.blogspot.com/2008/06/eric-nunn-dies-in-nevada-plane-crash.html
  
• http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6236203

Emergency: Northwest flight 332

What: Northwest flight 332 B-757 flying from Los Angeles to Detroit
Where: Las Vegas
When: Monday May 12 2008 Time: 1610
Who:
Why: 3-foot-by 2-foot section of the wing flew off and struck the plane's horizontal stabilizer. Possibly related to hydraulics. But in the last ten years, the NTSB only investigated one other similar in-flight incident on a US Airways plane. Following that incident, US Airways inspected the wing panels on all of their 757s and found similar issues. The FAA says the wing panel fastening system on the 757 was redesigned in the1980s after repeated problems.

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: NWA332 Make/Model: B757 Description: B-757
Date: 05/12/2008 Time: 1610
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: LAS VEGAS State: NV Country: US
DESCRIPTION
NWA FLIGHT 332 DIVERTED TO LAS VEGAS DUE TO A MISSING PANEL AND HYDRAULIC
ISSUE. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A PANEL 3 FT X 2 FT CAME OFF THE
RIGHT WING AND STRUCK THE HORIZONAL STABILIZER. LAS VEGAS, NV
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Phase: Descent Operation: OTHER

FAA FSDO: LAS VEGAS, NV (WP19) Entry date: 05/13/2008