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WPR22LA162

2022-04-21 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport KLAS

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient clearance from the jet blast of a departing jet airplane.

Factual narrative

The pilot of the airplane reported that he had been holding short of the runway when a large jet departed. He was then instructed by the control tower to “line up and wait.” The pilot began taxiing the airplane onto the departure runway and experienced a “violent burst of wind or jet wash”. The airplane’s right wing lifted, and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The airplane’s wing struts and vertical stabilizer were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Turbulence-Wake turbulence-Effect on equipment
  • — Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring other aircraft-Pilot

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2022_WPR22LA162.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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