# NTSB investigations, LA

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

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## Cases, newest first

- [NTSB FTW82DA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA175.md): Piper PA-32RT-300 · Pineville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 13, 1982 · N36546 · Substantial damage
  > During taxi to the runway for takeoff, the right main gear dropped into an unmarked hole on the right edge of the taxiway resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft.
- [NTSB FTW82DA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA233.md): Cessna 172P · Chandeleur Isla, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 12, 1982 · N52049 · Substantial damage
  > While on a local photo and sight-seeing flight, the pilot elected to land on Chandeleur island. After landing, he prepared to depart, using the recommended soft field technique. During the takeoff, there was a strong crosswind which caused the aircraft to…
- [NTSB FTW82DA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA169.md): Grumman G164A · Welsh, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 8, 1982 · N9937 · Substantial damage
  > During the initial takeoff with a load of fertilizer the engine lost power and the load was dumped. A forced landing wasmade in a plowed, wet field and the aircraft nosed over. Investigation revealed the cylinder head failed.
- [NTSB FTW82FRJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ10.md): Continental Tomcat MK6C · Cottonport, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · May 5, 1982 · N9098T · Destroyed
  > The plt was familiarizing himself with the acft & the local area. The plt's log book showed only one hour of flt time logged between 9/23/81 & the date of the accident. Witnesses observed the acft flying for some time over the city at 300-400 ft AGL making…
- [NTSB FTW82FRD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRD10.md): Cessna 207 · Franklinton, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · May 5, 1982 · N73013 · Substantial damage
  > The passenger stated that after sharp turns at low altitude over a farm house they did a roll & were too low to recover prior to striking trees. The acft came to rest inverted in a 4-5 ft deep farm pond. The autopsy report shows the plt's death by asphyxia…
- [NTSB FTW82FRJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ11.md): Cessna 170B · Plain Dealing, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · May 2, 1982 · N1960C · Destroyed
  > The aircraft was observed over a river at low altitude when it struck a powerline. The pilot was unable to recall anything about the flight after the takeoff. The passenger reported that they had flown to springhill to obtain 80 octane fuel, and while…
- [NTSB FTW82DA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA160.md): Grumman G-164A · Oberlin, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 29, 1982 · N5409 · Destroyed
  > The pilot reported that during landing, his left brake failed. He elected to go-around. However, while maneuvering to avoid a building, the aircraft struck a rice dike and crashed. The pilot reported that the left brake thrust plate had broken during the…
- [NTSB FTW82FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA145.md): Bell 212 · Intracoastal Ci, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 22, 1982 · N5752W · Destroyed
  > The helicopter was in cruise flight when a sudden and severe right yaw occurred. Subsequently, it was autorotated to a ditching in rough water. Touchdown was made on top of a wave, then the helicopter rolled over. The survivors did not get the raft out.…
- [NTSB FTW82DA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA144.md): Bell 206L-1 · Cameron, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 22, 1982 · N2138Y · Substantial damage
  > N2138Y departed Cameron, LA after refueling en route to an offshore rig. Shortly after departure, while over water, the aircraft began to yaw and vibrate severely. The pilot stated that the tail rotor pedals "kicked" hard when additional power was applied.…
- [NTSB FTW82DA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA124.md): Cessna 152 · Lafayette, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 9, 1982 · N5361M · Substantial damage
  > En route to Lafayette, LA on a cross country the engine quit. A forced landing in a soft plowed field caused the landing gear to separate and the aircraft to nose over.
- [NTSB FTW82FRD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRD09.md): Cessna A185E · New Orleans, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Apr 1, 1982 · N100TK · Destroyed
  > The pilot of the amphibious aircraft initiated a takeoff on runway 10. Witnesses stated that the engine began losing power. After taking off, the aircraft was observed to make a sharp left turn back toward the airport while still at a low altitude. Some…
- [NTSB FTW82DA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA102.md): Cessna 152 · New Orleans, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 25, 1982 · N6245Q · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot was doing touch and go landings on runway 36. The wind was 290 degrees at 10 KTS. During a landing roll the student lost control and departed the left side of the runway. The aircraft sank into the mud and nosed over.
- [NTSB FTW82DA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA089.md): Rockwell S-2R · Oberlin, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 10, 1982 · N8466V · Destroyed
  > As the pilot was completing a spray run, he started to close the hopper, but it felt to him that the handle had broken. He looked inside the cockpit momentarily. When he looked back outside, the aircraft had begun a descent. It was too close to the ground to…
- [NTSB FTW82FRJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ09.md): Cessna 182L · Farmerville, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Mar 5, 1982 · N70541 · Destroyed
  > The pilot reported that his takeoff and climb to 2200 ft MSL were normal. After the plane was in cruise configuration, he heard an abnormal noise and decided to return to the airport. The noise level increased and the engine began to vibrate. The pilot…
- [NTSB FTW82DA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA080.md): Cessna 421B · Eunice, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 25, 1982 · N100CA · Substantial damage
  > Shortly after touchdown during a landing. The left main gear collapsed. The aircraft then veered off the left side of the runway and struck a ditch. The right main and nose gear collapsed after striking the ditch. An examination of the left gear revealed that…
- [NTSB FTW82DA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA066.md): Cessna A185F · Near Patterson, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 22, 1982 · N61766 · Substantial damage
  > After landing the pilot began to step taxi on an unfamiliar canal to a drilling rig location. While negotiating a turn in the canal, the left wing struck a tree limb. The aircraft veered to the left and the right wing dropped and hit the water.
- [NTSB FTW82DA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA063.md): Cessna 140 · Krotz Springs, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 20, 1982 · N77029 · Substantial damage
  > During the power recovery from a simulated forced landing to a railroad right-of-way the aircraft struck four strands of telephone wire which ran perpendicular to the tracks. The aircraft was landed at a nearby airport where post-flight inspection revealed…
- [NTSB FTW82DA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA059.md): Cessna 310D · Farmerville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 15, 1982 · N6822T · Destroyed
  > Before this flight, the aircraft had not been flown for a period of time. The pilot was the owner of a maintenance facility and was preparing to perform an annual inspection of the aircraft. He elected to fly it around the airport to warm up the engines…
- [NTSB FTW82FRD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRD08.md): Cessna 150G · Jeanerette, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Feb 2, 1982 · N3166J · Destroyed
  > According to a friend of the deceased pilot and his female companion the three of them had been at a nightclub until 0215 CST. The friend then followed them to the airport, since he lived adjacent to the airport. After arriving he heard an aircraft takoeff.…
- [NTSB FTW82DA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA048.md): Cessna A185F · S. Of Morgan Ci, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 28, 1982 · N6265E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was making a westbound takeoff from a canal with a 15 knot south crosswind when his boot and pant leg became entangled in the aircraft's water rudder lever. This caused the pilot to lose control and the aircraft drifted to the right into a moored…
- [NTSB FTW82DA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA042.md): Cessna 150H · Shreveport, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 19, 1982 · N6510S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot departed stillwater, ok at 0950 CST on a flight to mcalister, OK. While airborne, he amended his destination to Shreveport, LA with an estimated arrival time of 1251 CST. On his flight plan, he estimated 3 hours of fuel on board. At 1253 CST, the…
- [NTSB FTW82DA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA045.md): Cessna 180K · S.E. Of Houma, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 18, 1982 · N2705K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot elected to takeoff from a canal with a quartering tailwind due to approaching fog. The aircraft drifted left and its wing struck a piling.
- [NTSB FTW82FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA041.md): Bell Helicopter 206L-1 · Houma, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1982 · N1081H · Destroyed
  > The acft was enroute to the ship shoal area in the gulf of Mexico. Another plt who departed earlier advised the plt that he & another acft had turned around & was returning after encountering a low ceiling & reduced visibility. The surviving pax stated that…
- [NTSB FTW82FRJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ07.md): Bellanca 17-30A · Homer, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jan 2, 1982 · N14779 · Destroyed
  > During an IFR flight at 5000 ft MSL, the engine began running rough. The pilot attempted to restore power, but eventually, the engine began to windmill with no apparent thrust. Unable to maintain altitude, the pilot descended through a cloud layer and broke…
- [NTSB FTW81FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA032.md): Aero Comdr 690C · Patterson, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Dec 12, 1981 · N5860K · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW82DA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA023.md): Piper PA-28 · Garden City, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Nov 28, 1981 · N1363T · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW82DRJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRJ05.md): Piper JC3-65 · Oil City, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Nov 24, 1981 · N98845 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82DRD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRD06.md): Bell 206L-1 · Cameron, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 14, 1981 · N5733A · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82DRD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRD05.md): Cessna A185F · Pecan Island, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 10, 1981 · N80337 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82DRD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRD04.md): Stinson 108-3 · Thibodaux, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 8, 1981 · N923C · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82DRJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRJ04.md): Grumman G-164A · Elm Grove, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Nov 4, 1981 · N8819H · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA012.md): Hiller FH1100 · Porte Barre, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Oct 18, 1981 · N9054 · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW82FRD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRD03.md): Piper PA-38 · Lake Charles, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 17, 1981 · N2359K · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82DRJ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRJ02.md): Cessna 182 · Farmerville, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Oct 16, 1981 · N759SR · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82DRD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRD02.md): Cessna A185F · Patterson, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 16, 1981 · N5513E · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82DA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA007.md): Aerospatle AS350D · Houma, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 12, 1981 · N5774X · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82DRD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRD01.md): Cessna TU206G · Lafayette, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Oct 11, 1981 · N5404X · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81DRD50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD50.md): Cessna A185F · Leeville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 28, 1981 · N33CT · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81DRD48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD48.md): Tom Cat 47-MK6 · Ramah, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 19, 1981 · N9098T · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81DRD47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD47.md): Grum Amer AA-5A · Opelousas, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 19, 1981 · N9811U · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81DRD49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD49.md): Cessna 185 · Grand Isle, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 16, 1981 · N53064 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81DRD46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD46.md): Cessna A185F · Intracstl Cy, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Sep 15, 1981 · N767RC · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW81FRD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRD44.md): Cessna A188B · Port Barre, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Sep 12, 1981 · N5632G · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW81DRJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRJ35.md): Beech D18S · Simsboro, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 12, 1981 · N123J · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81DRD43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD43.md): Cessna A185F · Morgan City, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 5, 1981 · N95DM · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81FRD45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRD45.md): Piper PA-32R · Lake Charles, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 4, 1981 · N8108V · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81DRJ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRJ34.md): Callair A-5 · Cottonport, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 4, 1981 · N9991C · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81DRD40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD40.md): Cessna 185F · Lake Arthur, LA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 1, 1981 · N6320N · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW81FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA138.md): Beech C24R · Shreveport, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Aug 29, 1981 · N18919 · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW81DRD42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD42.md): Callair A-9B · Maringouin, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Aug 29, 1981 · N7689V · Destroyed

Next page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md?state=LA&page=27

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'LA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?page=26&state=LA

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