- Date
- May 24, 1968
- Place
- Lafitte, LA · LAFITTE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41982Grumman G-44A
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4717 68/5/24 LAFITTE,LA GRUMMAN G-44A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 6468 TIME - 1806 N41982 PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 533 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT ENCOUNTERED SVR TURBC AND HIGH WINDS AFTER T/O.TSTM IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41982
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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