- Date
- September 29, 1966
- Place
- Bayou Sorrel, LA · BAYOU SORREL, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3237DCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3494 66/9/29 BAYOU SORREL LA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 350 TIME - 1130 N3237D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OWNER ABANDONED ENGINE IN SWAMP WHERE N3237D CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3237D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3237DRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2025 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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