- Date
- February 2, 1967
- Place
- Buras, LA · BURAS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4405LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0312 67/2/2 BURAS,LA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 99 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N4405L PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMPIRE AIR STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO ROUGH WET PORTION OF STRIP STRUCK WATER HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4405L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Empire Air Strip
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