- Date
- March 6, 1966
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4957UCessna 210E
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178674
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0229 66/3/6 NEW ORLEANS LA CESSNA 210E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 400 TIME - 1222 N4957U PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4957U
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lakefront
N4957URegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2018 · Cessna 210EAirframe modelCessna 210EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N4957U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN14GA135Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportOden, ARThe pilot’s improper decision to fly into an area with reported marginal meteorological conditions in an airplane not maintained for instrument flight and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from trees and terrain.NTSB DEN74FQA02Accident · No injuriesClosedAlbuquerque, NM