19781015038589A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172D · New Orleans, LA · October 15, 1978

Date
October 15, 1978
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
Lakefront
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7500G
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79FA004
Reported as
Cessna 172D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,749 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilots seat slid aft on takeoff causing loss of control. Seat pin s on rails of plts seat elgtd

As the FAA filed it

PILOTS SEAT SLID AFT ON TAKEOFF CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.SEAT PIN S ON RAILS OF PLTS SEAT ELGTD

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.