LAX94LA122 · Cessna 402C
Air Nevada Airlines Cessna 402C and Avi Cessna 402C · Accident: collision between aircraft (not in flight) while taxiing
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Event
- NTSB case
- LAX94LA122
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Aircraft 1 · Cessna 402C
- Aircraft type
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N812AN
- Operator
- Air Nevada Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN)To Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, NV
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Taxi · to runway
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Collision between aircraft (not in flight)
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Aircraft 2 · Cessna 402C
- Aircraft type
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N26514
- Operator
- Avi
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN)To L15 · Las Vegas, NV
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Standing · engine(s) operating
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Collision between aircraft (not in flight)
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
- Landing gear, normal brake system › Worn
- Pilot in command › Remedial action, inadequate
- Pilot in command › Taxispeed, excessive
- Pilot of other aircraft › Remedial action, inadequate
- Pilot of other aircraft › Taxispeed, excessive
Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
TWO CESSNA 402C'S COLLIDED WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE. THE FLIGHT CREW OF N26514 REPORTED THEY TAXIED TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY, STOPPED AT THE HOLD SHORT LINE, THEN 1 MINUTE LATER THEY FELT A LARGE JOLT FROM BEHIND. THE PILOT OF N812AN STATED THAT AS SHE APPROACHED THE REAR OF THE AIR VEGAS AIRCRAFT THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WITH NO EFFECT ON THE SPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE COMPANY PILOT WHO FLEW N812AN IN REVENUE LINE OPERATIONS ON FEBRUARY 11 REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A FADING OF THE LEFT BRAKE PEDAL DURING LANDING. THE PILOT SAID THAT AFTER REAPPLICATION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PROBLEM DID NOT REPEAT ITSELF. THE BRAKE SYSTEM OF N812AN WAS EXAMINED BY AN FAA A & P MECHANIC ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. IN HIS WRITTEN REPORT, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS FAULTY. HE SAID UNDER HARD BRAKING THE LEFT BRAKE OPERATED NORMALLY; HOWEVER, UNDER LESS FORCEFUL BRAKE APPLICATION THE PEDAL WOULD GRADUALLY SINK TO THE BOTTOM OF ITS TRAVEL PREVENTING THE PRESSURIZATION OF THE LEFT BRAKE SYSTEM.
Probable cause
THE FAILURE OF THE LEFT BRAKE SYSTEM DUE TO A WORN MASTER CYLINDER, AND THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO TAXI AT A SPEED AND SPACING INTERVAL WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR SUCCESSFUL REMEDIAL ACTION.
Verbatim NTSB analysis and probable cause from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record LAX94LA122
- Event ID
- 20001206X00768
- Case number
- LAX94LA122
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: c881f3556c468cfeb6bb9b63edb8408e0bd0051dd501949720135c754ee06e12; retrieved 2026-09-23T01:20:34.988Z.