29.9546° N, 90.0751° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 6, 1989 · 11:40 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9416H
Reported as
Boeing A75N1
Reported engine
Continental R67011
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
331 total178 in this make and model41 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.
Engine quit while practicing aerobatic maneuvers. Emergency landing on a river levee. Cause undetermined.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT WHILE PRACTICING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS. EMERGENCY LANDING ON A RIVER LEVEE. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.