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SEA86LA083

1986-03-26 · LAS VEGAS, Nevada, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport LAS

N6355G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC RAVEN S49A), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

WHILE ON FINAL VFR APPROACH TO LANDING, TOTAL LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED. ACFT LANDED SHORT ON ROUGH TERRAIN, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND ACFT NOSED OVER. INVESTIGATION FOUND A QUART OF WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. ACFT HAD BEEN PARKED OUTSIDE THREE DAYS PRIOR IN HEAVY RAIN. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_SEA86LA083.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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